Telegrams sent to Washington from Tallahassee, Fla., June 28, 1917
Item
Title
Telegrams sent to Washington from Tallahassee, Fla., June 28, 1917
Description
Copies of telegrams sent to Washington D.C. politicians describing resolutions adopted at Marginal Military Highway Conference in support of passage of Chamberlain bill. Telegrams describe military and commercial benefits of passing bill for military highways, and encourage them to support its passage as other have.
Spatial Coverage
Washington, D.C.
Tallahassee (Florida)
Mobile (Alabama)
Florida
Temporal Coverage
1917-06
Creator
Unknown
Date
1917-06-28
Identifier
SC17_01_13_142 Telegrams sent to Washington from Tallahassee, Fla., June 28, 1917
uri
http://dspace.stmarytx.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1691
Extent
8.5 x 11 inches
Medium
Paper
Language
en-us
Subject
Trammell, Park, Sen. (U.S. Senate)
Fletcher, Duncan U. (Chairman, Committee of Commerce, United States Senate)
Kehoe, Walter (U.S. House of Representatives)
Drain, H.J. (U.S. House of Representatives)
Clark, Frank (U.S. House of Representatives)
Baker, Newton D. (Secretary of War)
Wood, Leonard Gen. (United States Army)
Catts, Sidney J., Hon. (Governor - Florida)
Crawford, H. Clay (Secretary of State - Florida)
Luning, J.C. (State Treasurer -Florida)
Amos, Ernest (State Comptroller - Florida)
McRae, W.A. (Commissioner of Agriculture - Florida)
West, Thomas F. (Attorney General- Florida)
Sheats, W.N. (State Superintendent for Public Instruction - Florida)
Lowry, D.M. (Mayor - Tallahassee, Florida)
Conradi, Edward (President, Florida State College for Women)
Johnson, R.G. (State Board of County Commissioners - Florida)
Cocke, W.F. (State Road Commissioner - Florida)
Phillips, F.R.S., Mrs. (Assistant Secretary for the East)
Moor, W.L. (President, Southern Telephone Co.)
Dent, Mr. (Congressman)
Saxon, G.W. (Vice President, Dixie Highway Association)
Old Spanish Trail Association
Tallahassee Boosters Club (Tallahassee, Florida)
United States Congress
Department of War, U.S. Congress
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
Southern Telephone Co.
Board of County Commissioners (Florida)
Old Spanish Trail Association of the East
Dixie Highway Association
postal mail
conferences
resolutions
legislative efforts
political support
military highway
U.S. War Department -- U.S. Military
Type
Telegrams