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Invitation to meet President Harrison from Mr. & Mrs. Henry Bowen, Roseland Park, Woodstock, Connecticut, July, 4, 1889

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1889-07-04

Location Note

Bowen Family Manuscript Collection: Box 6, Folder 22

GUSN

GUSN-197243

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Description

Guests are invited to meet American President Benjamin Harrison on July 4, 1889 at Roseland Park in Woodstock, Connecticut. The inside of the invitation lists the program for the day including a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes and fireworks in the evening.

Details

Descriptive Terms

events
holidays
presidents
invitations

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 002084
AccessID 4050
Other identifier HNEDID-002084

Physical Description

1 invitation

Collection Code

MS006

Collection Name

Bowen family papers

Reference Code

MS006.01.20.05.001

Date Notes

4 July 1889

Places

Woodstock (Windham county, Connecticut)

Record Details

Material Type

invitations

Other People

Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896
Bowen, Ellen (Holt), 1834-1903
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

Other Organizations

Bowen family
Historic New England (Organization)

Subjects

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Description Level

Item

Location Note

Bowen Family Manuscript Collection: Box 6, Folder 22

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