Papers, 1865-1909.

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Papers, 1865-1909.

Letters received, 1865-1869, 1879-1884, 1892-1893 and 1899-1901, relating in part to military and political appointments and to renovations at State Street Methodist Church in Trenton. Among correspondents represented are Judson Kilpatrick (1865: 1 letter) and William A. Newell (1865-1866 and 1868: 3 letters). Other papers, 1906-1909, pertain to the erection of a Civil War soldiers' monument in Trenton. In addition to letters, these papers include the proposed text of several inscriptions, a diagram, 1906, a half-tone representation of the proposed monument, a ticket, 1907, to a fund raising fair and bazaar and a list of contributors, 1909.

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Kilpatrick, Judson, 1836-1881

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Rusling, John Fowler, 1834-1918.

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