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Relief association minutes and Red Cross minutes: volume
Manuscripts
The minutes begin on March 31, 1917 when a group of women met "in response to a call for aid from the Wilmington Women's National Defense League." Serena Prettyman was the secretary. The women met and discussed aid issues such as: raising money, the making of garments and surgical dressings, their corporation with the Red Cross, and other miscellaneous relief actions. By 1920, the group was only meeting once a year and the last entry is November 15, 1927. The minutes only take up the first 52 pages of the volume; the rest is blank.
mssHM 80569
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Joseph Smith, Jr. letter to Oliver Granger
Manuscripts
Letter from Joseph Smith to Oliver Granger written from Nauvoo, Illinois. Smith writes of not receiving Granger's previous letters and that their content may have changed the "proceeding of [the] last Conference." He writes that they thought it "advisable to appoint someone to preside in Kirtland," and asks Granger to join Brother Babbit in the work. Smith asserts his hopes for Granger's welfare and "prosperity for the Saints in Kirtland." He also writes of Granger's securing of the "keys of the Lords House" and that he might pay a visit after the "New York debt is settled." The attribution of the signature to Joseph Smith is questionable, and the letter may have been written by Smith's secretary Robert B. Thompson.
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Joseph Goldsborough Bruff letter to James Tyler Ames
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Letter from Bruff to James Tyler Ames in which he describes his intentions to travel west in search of gold. Focuses on financial arrangements for Bruff's family while he is away, as well as travel expenses and supplies necessary for his trip west, which he anticipates will last at least a year. Bruff asks Ames for any assistance, financial or in supplies, that he can give and promises to repay him as soon as his gold mining endeavors are successful.
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Billy Newbanks letter to Maggie Newbanks
Manuscripts
An autograph letter written by a young man to his sister living in Monmouth, Illinois. He comments on her education, plans to get an organ, and learning to dance while he also discusses his loneliness, family matters and sends greetings to various friends. He mentions the social life of the fort, the "colored soldiers in other words Negros" and the Native Americans living near the Fort. Newbanks had arrived at Fort Sill just three years after the post was established to prevent Native American attacks upon Euro-American settlements in Kansas and Texas. The letter has slight foxing, with an addressed, postmarked envelope.
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William Henry Harrison, headquarters Camp Meigs, letter to Brigadier General Green Clay :
Manuscripts
Harrison discusses provisions for Fort Meigs during the War of 1812, damage to storehouses and property from the siege, and repairs of tools needed. He also mentions troop discipline and drills, and warns Clay against soldiers' movements beyond the protection of the fort.
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Joseph Hickox letter to Laurence D. Peabody
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This letter was written by Joseph Hickox to Laurence D. Peabody (a member of the U.S. Army who was stationed in Germany at the time). Laurence D. Peabody was the son of George W. Peabody, a friend of Hickox's. In the letter, Hickox talks about Albert Einstein's trip to Mt. Wilson in the 1930s. He talks in detail about conversations they had and how he and Einstein would play pool. He also states that he would demonstrate "a practical application of the Theory of Relativity when I rotated the 100 inch dome while he stood on the moving platform." He also talks about Einstein's interest in astronomy.
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