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Title: Letters of Major Edwin A. Sherman to General Thomas Ketcham
Dates: 1902-1910
Collection Number: ARC 595
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Extent: 6 letters (6 leaves); 22 x 28 cm.
Repository:
Monterey Public Library
Monterey, California 93940
Abstract: Letters written by Major Edwin A, Sherman, secretary and chairman of the Sloat Monument Association of California, to Thomas
Ketcham, the Association's marshall.
Language of Material: English
Access by appointment only; contact Local History Librarian or designated staff.
Reproduction by Local History Librarian or other designated staff; may be restricted due to condition of the materials.
[Identification of item]. Letters of Major Edwin A. Sherman to General Thomas Ketcham. Collection Number: ARC 595. Monterey
Public Library
Gift from Jeffrey Lee McBride in 2016.
Scope and Content of Collection
The letters, written on Association letterhead featuring an image of Rear Admiral John Drake Sloat, concern the Association's
book on the life of Sloat ; arrival of monument base stones in Monterey; contention with the Monterey delegation, Ketcham's
letter published in the book, etc. One letter, inviting Ketcham, to participate in an Admission Day Parade, is on Associated
Veterans Of the Mexican War, 1846-1848, letterhead stationary.