Claude Matthews TLS, 1895 March 20.

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Claude Matthews TLS, 1895 March 20.

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The collection consists of one letter written by Claude Matthews, Governor of Indiana (1893-1897), to William D. Haidley, Clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The letter discusses the dedication of the Chickamauga National Military Park. Also included in the collection is biographic information concerning Claude Matthews, taken from the Dictionary of American Biography.

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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.)

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Indiana. Governor (1893-1897 : Matthews)

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Claude Matthews was Indiana's twenty-third governor. He was born in Bethel, Kentucky, on December 14, 1845. In 1867, he graduated from Centre College in Kentucky and then moved to Indian, where he became a successful farmer and livestock breeder. Matthews entered politics in 1876, serving as a one-term member to the Indiana House of Representatives. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Indiana State Senate in 1882, and served as Indiana's secrectary of state from 1891 to 1893. M...

Haidley, William D.

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Matthews, Claude, 1845-1898

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