Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler, 1835-1924 to Dr. W. H. Merritt

GLC00686.29

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GLC#
GLC00686.29-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
July 3, 1909
Author/Creator
Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler, 1835-1924
Title
to Dr. W. H. Merritt
Place Written
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 27.7 cm, Width: 21.3 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Sub-Era
The Politics of Reform

Written on stationary of the law office of Frank B. Van Valkenburgh. Written to Dr. Merritt, the Chairman of the Norwalk, Ohio Centennial Committee. He is flattered that he would receive an invitation to be present at the "Norwalk Home Coming Week Celebration." Says he remembers Norwalk as a "lovely village" where he sojourned as a printer 57 years before. Says he is not so much an "OLD SETTLER" as one of "the antiques" of the village. Says he would be proud to go since his grandfather, the Reverend David Higgins, settled there the year he (Frank) was born, but that circumstances will keep him from attending. Provides a short description of his time as a printer in Norwalk, including several humorous stories.

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