James B. McCreary : miscellaneous papers, 1875-1914.

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James B. McCreary : miscellaneous papers, 1875-1914.

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Included are a printed broadside proclaiming Thursday, 25 Nov. 1875 "as a day of Thanksgiving. . ." asking all Kentuckians to cease secular activities for that day; a 9 Aug. 1877 letter to General Basil Duke discussing military organizations wishing to be special police in Louisville and the reason why the governor will not arm them; an 1877 commission appointing James B. Bell as commissioner of deeds; and a 14 Apr. 1914 letter to George T. Settle concerning the transfer of a bust of Abraham Lincoln to the Louisville Free Public Library in accordance with a resolution adopted by the General Assembly.

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