William Grant Stratton correspondence, 1953-1961.

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William Grant Stratton correspondence, 1953-1961.

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Correspondence contains appointments and resignations; State Treasurer reports; Attorney General opinions; Secretary of State remittance records; and State Primary Certifying Board reports (1940-1960). Other items include extradition papers; felons' citizenship restorations; grants or denials of executive clemency, pardons, commutations and reprieves; appropriation authorizations; courtesy cards applications; autograph and photograph requests; invitations; and office invoices. There are messages to the General Assembly; Senate confirmation notices; Illinois Central Railroad Board minutes; Spanish-American War Veterans' Fund and First National Bank of Chicago Trustee account statements; proclamations; communication with federal, international or interstate agencies and charitable, social, or cultural organizations. Subjects discussed include swamp lands, land patents and conveyances, lakes, bank closings, constitutional convention plans, and the Brussels World's Fair. Most correspondents are government officials or social and political organization leaders.

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