Chester G. Bell letters, 1917-1919.

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Chester G. Bell letters, 1917-1919.

The Chester G. Bell letters consist of Bell's correspondence to his mother from the years of 1917 to 1919. The letters are separated by year in three folders. There are also two photographs of a young man shooting a rifle, presumably of Chester Bell.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7974895

New Mexico State University

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The Faithist movement was founded by a New York dentist and doctor named John B. Newbrough, who claimed to have written a new Bible, called Oahspe, while under spirit control. Contained in this Bible was "The Book of Shalam," which set forth a plan for gathering the outcast and orphaned children of the world and raising them, according to strict religious principles, to be the spiritual leaders of a new age. Newbrough and some twenty Faithists, as his followers were called, decided to create suc...

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Bell, Chester G.

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Chester G. Bell was a soldier in the 12th Cavalry, stationed at Camp Furlong in Columbus, New Mexico. His mother lived in Chicago, Illinois during the period of his encampment from 1917 to 1919. Nothing further is known about him. From the description of Chester G. Bell letters, 1917-1919. (New Mexico State University). WorldCat record id: 68908575 ...