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Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]
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- Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
- Date Created: 1861-06-16
- Description: Topics include: gratitude among the men for gifts of food (incl. maple sugar) and other "luxuries"; Major Worthen's scouting expedition, which led to a small skirmish and some casualties among some St. Albans and Swanton soldiers; press inaccuracies; life at camp; how he misses his books and reading; other domestic matters.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence
Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]
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- Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
- Date Created: 1861-06-25
- Description: Topics include monotony of camp life, the warm weather, and rumors around camp that an attack is imminent. Farnham assures wife that rebels would need a large army to attack them so close to Fort Monroe.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence
Roswell Farnham to [Mary Farnham]
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- Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
- Date Created: 1861-07-10
- Description: Topics include encounter between Hawkins Regiment and a company of Rebels, Roswell's desire to "go out whenthe company goes," despite his wife's complaining. Also the weather, camp life, Roswell's eagerness to return home, and an article in the Telegraph titled "Pipes, Tobacco, and Whiskey" are discussed.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence
Roswell Farnham to [C. H.] Harding
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- Creator: Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
- Date Created: 1861-07-21
- Description: July 21, 1861. Writes to his friend C. H. Harding of conjecture among the men about the order to move out but with no details given, mentions Gen. Butler, Frank Blair, Cochran of New York and 3,500 men reviewed, of some minor illness among the men, of Farnham's re-nomination of State-Attorney.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Roswell Farnham Correspondence
Carrie Chapman Catt to Lillian Herrick Olzendam
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- Date Created: 1919-09-03
- Description: Catt offers logistical advice and talking points for Olzendam and Pelley to use when talking to newspaper editors and legislators on their upcoming car trip to drum up support for calling a special session and ratifying the 19th Amendment.
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Annette W. Parmelee to Marion R. Horton
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- Date Created: 1919-09-11
- Description: Parmelee debates whether or not to accept the position of State Historian for the Vermont Equal Suffrage Association, and gives her opinion as to Governor Clement's opposition to women's suffrage.
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Edward F. Dudley to Lillian H. Olzendam
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- Date Created: 1919-11-05
- Description: Representative Dudley of Fairlee responds that he does not think it is advisable to sign a petition to the Governor to call a special session for ratification.
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Charles Dalton to Annette W. Parmelee
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- Date Created: 1919-12-09
- Description: Charles Dalton, Secretary of the State Board of Health, responds to Parmelee’s inquiry about the admission of women to the University of Vermont College of Medicine, referring her question to Dean Tinkham and stating that while almost no such requests have been received, the University Council is considering the matter.
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Lillian H. Olzendam to Collins M. Graves
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- Date Created: 1919-12-16
- Description: Olzendam asks Collins Graves of Bennington to consider working with Washington County Senator Howland to speak with the Governor about calling a special session for ratification; his fellow townsman, John Spargo, has already agreed to be part of such a delegation, and the VESA would pay the cost of the visit.
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection
Lillian H. Olzendam to James Hartness
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- Date Created: 1919-12-19
- Description: Olzendam asks future governor James Hartness, as a supporter of suffrage, to sign a petition to the Governor to call a special legislative session for ratification and to forward the petition to other well-known men in his social and professional groups.
- Parent Collections: Women's Suffrage in Vermont Collection