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Letter Of Jack M. Russell Complaining About Recruiting In Kentucky During The Spanish-American War (Sc 2692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1898

Letter Of Jack M. Russell Complaining About Recruiting In Kentucky During The Spanish-American War (Sc 2692), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Finding aid and full-text scan (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2692. Letter, 1 July 1898, of Jack M. Russell to Edward Ludlow Hines, Bowling Green, Kentucky. He complains about the difficulty of recruiting in Kentucky for the Spanish-American War, and expresses his eagerness to leave for Cuba.


Letter From Walter S. Forrester To Robert Morningstar About Spanish-American War Military Service (Sc 2762 #1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1898

Letter From Walter S. Forrester To Robert Morningstar About Spanish-American War Military Service (Sc 2762 #1), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

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Letter from Walter S. Forrester, Kentucky's Assistant Adjutant General, to Colonel Robert Morningstar, Bowling Green, Kentucky, discussing the possibility of fighting during the Spanish-American War. Forrester assures Morningstar: "...there will not be any fighting. That is certain, while the present administration holds its present foreign policy."