0. Editorial Notes Regarding Governor Furnas Microfilm Roll 3, 1966

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In Folder: Roll 3: Incoming Correspondence, 1874-1883

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0. Editorial Notes Regarding Governor Furnas Microfilm Roll 3, 1966

RG0001, SG010

History Nebraska

Title: 0. Editorial Notes Regarding Governor Furnas Microfilm Roll 3, 1966

Record Group Number: RG0001, SG010

Collection: Governor Robert W. Furnas records

Location: GR

Box: Roll 3

Contributing Institution: History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/

Date: 1966

Description: Editorial note regarding roll 3 of the Governor Furnas microfilm records written by Nebraska State Historical Society staff in 1966."This roll consists of documents regarding Furnas’ years as Governor of Nebraska and the private interests he pursued upon the expiration of his term. The early part of the roll relates to the administrative duties of the governor, patronage sought by fellow Republicans, legal involvements of the state, and a discussion of the grasshopper invasion of 1874-75. Alvin Saunders, Algernon S. Paddock, Phineas W. Hitchcock, and other Nebraskans write letters to Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield recommending Furnas as Commissioner of Agriculture. Other correspondence pertains to Furnas’ work as a commissioner for the Department of Interior and his active involvement in the activities of the State Board of Agriculture, the State Horticultural Society, and the development of the Furnas nursery business."

Language: Eng

Source (Names): Furnas, Robert W. (Robert Wilkinson), 1824-1905

Source (Temporal): 1960s

Format-Extent: 4 pages

Format-Medium: Descriptive note

Type: Text

Relation: Copy

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File Format: PDF

Date Digital : 2022-06-29

Identifier: 00_Roll_Notes

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