Papers, 1899-1959.

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Papers, 1899-1959.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10788146

Collection consists of: Sketch of Farley's military career in W.W. I; speeches, 1902-1957, mostly as exec. dir. (1941-45) of the Mass. Comm. on Public Safety; newspaper clippings; and tributes written at his death. Also includes a typescript account with photos of a salmon fishing trip in Quebec in 1914, "Trip to Wacheeshoo River."

1 box (ca. 50 items)

Boston Athenaeum

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SNAC Resource ID: 6673428

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Massachusetts. Committee on Public Safety (1940-1945)

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The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety was a direct descendant of the Committee on Safety appointed by the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and dissolved in 1775. The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety was appointed by Governor Samuel McCall on February 9, 1917 and dissolved on November 20, 1918. It was resurrected by Governor Leverett Saltonstall on August 23, 1940, confirmed by him through Executive Order no. 1, December 31, 1841, pursuant to St 1941, c 718, as an agenc...

Farley, John Wells, 1878-1959.

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Born Brookline. Graduate of Harvard 1899. Mass. Bar, 1903. a Major 303d Infantry 1917-19. Overseer, Harvard 1941-47 Exec. dir. Mass. Comm. on Public Safety 1941-45. Home in Needham. From the description of Papers, 1899-1959. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 10788146 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...