Letter from John T. Slater to Marshall D. Brainard, dated December 12, 2009, thanking him for Brainard Shipping Company material and requesting a copy of Brainard's book
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Letter from John T. Slater to Marshall D. Brainard, dated December 12, 2009, thanking him for Brainard Shipping Company material and requesting a copy of Brainard's book
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4004.444
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Description
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Letter from John T. Slater to Marshall D. Brainard, dated December 12, 2009, thanking him for Brainard Shipping Company material and requesting a copy of Brainard's book
One page letter from John T. Slater to Marshall D. Brainard, thanking him for Brainard Shipping Company material and requesting a copy of Brainard's book. Dated December 12, 2009.
Letter is printed on letterhead for the The Chautauqua-Erie Grape Belt Resource Network (including a typographical error in the word "Chautauqua."
Full text of letter below:
MEMO FROM: John Thomas Slater
DATE: December 12, 2009
TO: Marshall D. Brainard
SUBJECT: Your letter of November 30, 2009
Dear Mr. Brainard,
I cannot tell you how pleased I was to receive your letter and the accompanying material on the Brainard Shipping Company. This is exactly the kind of historical ephemera that the Resource Network is attempting to identify and archive. I apologize for my tardiness in responding, but I have been out of town recently since my 90-year-old mother, who resides in Michigan, has been having some serious health problems and I have been very distracted from my normal schedule.
I was also pleased to hear that your book HISTORY OF A BRAINARD FAMILY 1649-2000 is finished and has been made available to the organizations you mentioned. Unfortunately, I have not had an opportunity to see the final version, but was very interested in your offer of a copy for the Chautauqua-Erie Grape Belt Resource Network. I would be honored to accept a copy on behalf of the Network and review its content for any additional material that we should discuss. Since the other copies you have provided to the Chautauqua County Historical Society, Barker Museum, and Grape Belt Heritage Association will remain in their collections, I would like to suggest that the Network’s copy be used for circulation among those local historians and researchers who might wish to have access to a copy to work from at their leisure. This approach would put that particular copy to good use as a resource and would be consistent with the goals of our organization.
If that idea would be acceptable, I would appreciate it very much if you would forward one of the remaining copies to the address above. We would be more than happy to reimburse you for any cost involved. As soon as I have had an opportunity to review the photos, letterheads, etc. contained therein, I will call and discuss any additional material that might be valuable to the Network’s archive. In the meantime, please accept my thanks and my sincerest best wishes for a Joyous Holiday Season.
Cordially,
[John T. Slater's signature]
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Abstract
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Letter from John T. Slater to Marshall D. Brainard, dated December 12, 2009, thanking him for Brainard Shipping Company material and requesting a copy of Brainard's book
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Date
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2009
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Subject
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John T. Slater
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Chautauqua & Erie Grape Belt Resource Network
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Brainard Baskets
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Format
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PDF
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Creator
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John T. Slater
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Access Rights
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Open Access
