[Letter from Arthur Sitas and Josh Lewis to T. N. Carswell - October 31, 1942]
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A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, 5th Division Commander, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Arthur Sitas and Josh Lewis, The American Legion, Jas. J. Goodfellow Post No. 32, San Angelo, Texas, dated October 31, 1942. Sitas and Lewis issues an invitation to T. N. and Mrs. Carswell to attend their Armistice Day celebration in San Angelo. Carswell handwrites that he answered on November 7, 1942 offering his regrets due to his being scheduled to be in Austin.
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A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, 5th Division Commander, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Arthur Sitas and Josh Lewis, The American Legion, Jas. J. Goodfellow Post No. 32, San Angelo, Texas, dated October 31, 1942. Sitas and Lewis issues an invitation to T. N. and Mrs. Carswell to attend their Armistice Day celebration in San Angelo. Carswell handwrites that he answered on November 7, 1942 offering his regrets due to his being scheduled to be in Austin.
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T. N. Carswell Collection
This collection was assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell (1887-1978) and contains correspondence throughout his life. His files hold letters signed by most of the major political leaders of Texas during the 1940s through the 1960s, as well as letters signed by Presidents Harry S Truman, Richard M. Nixon, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and George Washington Carver. It also contains a scrapbook of his time at Simmons College.
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Sitas, Arthur ; Lewis, Josh.[Letter from Arthur Sitas and Josh Lewis to T. N. Carswell - October 31, 1942],
letter,
October 31, 1942;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1398082/:
accessed April 28, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.