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James Grant Wilson letter to the Honorable Joseph H. Choate, 1909 May 22.
Wyles SC 279LOCAL
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Title:

James Grant Wilson letter to the Honorable Joseph H. Choate, 1909 May 22

Creator/Contributor:

Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Online Archive of California

Abstract:

Holograph letter written and signed by James Grant Wilson on official stationery of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, from its headquarters at Tribune Building, New York to the Honorable Joseph H. Choate. The letter states that it is the desire of the Commission and the Official Literary Exercises Committee that Choate should deliver the oration at the Literary Excercises to be held at the Metropolitan Opera House on Tuesday evening, September 28th, 1909. Members of the Official Literary Exercises Committee are listed at the top as follows: General James Grant Wilson, Chairman, Mr. Reginald P. Bolton, Mr. Edward Hagaman Hall, Mr. Edward De Witt, Mr. Albert Ulmann, Mr. Edmund Wetmore.

Date:

1909 (issued)

Subject:

Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission.
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission.
Wilson, James Grant -- 1832-1914 -- Correspondence
Bolton, Reginald Pelham -- 1856-1942
Hall, Edward Hagaman -- 1858-1936
De Witt, Edward
Ulmann, Albert -- 1861-1948
Wetmore, Edmund
Bolton, Reginald Pelham -- 1856-1942
Hall, Edward Hagaman -- 1858-1936
Wetmore, Edmund
Wilson, James Grant -- 1832-1914

Note:

Included in folder is a holograph note that reads "Removed from: Wilson, James Grant, The life and campaigns [of Ulysses Simpson Grant, general-in-chief of the United States army], N.Y., 1868".
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], James Grant Wilson letter to the Honorable Joseph H. Choate. Wyles SC 279. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Type:

letters (correspondence)
Personal correspondence.
Personal correspondence.
Correspondance privée.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) ; 23 x 16 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Wyles SC 279LOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.