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Letter From Ruth Henry To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 26, 1954, Ruth Henry Aug 1954

Letter From Ruth Henry To Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 26, 1954, Ruth Henry

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed letter from Ruth Henry addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 26, 1954. Within, Henry encloses a copy of her "Battalion Day" article, originally published in two parts in the "Blairstown Press" of Blairstown, New Jersey, on July 8 and July 15, 1954. The article details the celebration of Battalion Day festivities in the town of Mt. Bethel (Williamsburg) in the year 1847.