Name/Title
Stark County Stamp Club letterEntry/Object ID
2010.1.1933bScope and Content
Stark County Stamp Club letter. The letter is typewritten on white paper. The heading contains an image shoing multiple postmarks with the word "Starpex in the lower right corner and the caption "The Stark County Stamp Club" across the bottom of the image. To the right of the image is the heading: "The Stark County Stamp Club of Canton, Ohio." the letter is dated October 7-8, 1967, with "Starpex VII" beneath it. The letter reads as follows:
'Dear Friend,
Thank you for your interest in the Cacheted Covers of the Stark County Stamp Club's, Starpex VII Exhibition.
Each year we honor an event, association or society, anniversary, or other Stark County activities at our Annual Exhibition. This year we honoring the most historical figure of Stark County, our martyred President William McKinley. The Stark County Historical Society has the most complete collection of McKinleyana material in the world, and you are invited to visit their museum. We appreciate the Museum's cooperation in preparing the cachet.
The center picture shows William McKinley in his Canton office - the small designs, the Memorial monument and the President.
May we take this opportunity to invite you to visit the Stark County Stamp Club. Our regular meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at the Canton Y.W.C.A., 6th and Walnit N.E., Canton, Ohio at 7:30 p.m. The Annual Exhibition is held the second week-end in October. Our Motto-"Friendship Thru Stamps." Sincerely, The stark County Stamp Club.'
The back reads as follows:
'Chronology of PResident William McKinley
Born Niles, Ohio January 29, 1843
School-teacher, Poland, Ohio, 1860
Enlisted Union Army June 1861
Second Lieutenant September 24, 1862
First Lieutenant February 7, 1863
Captain July 25, 1864
Brevet Major for gallantry, 1865
Admitted to the Ohio bar, 1867
Opened first law office, Canton, O. 1867
Elected County Prosecuting Attorney, 1868
Married Ida Saxton, Canton, O. 1871
Ohio State Congressman 1876-1890
Governor of Ohio 1891-93
Inaugurated 25th President of the United States March 4, 1897
Re-elected President
Shot by assassin, Leon Czolgosz, Sept. 6,
Died in Buffao, N.Y., Sept. 14,
Dedication of McKinley Memorial, Canton, Ohio Sept. 30, 1907
"Not our will, but his be done." President McKinley's last words.'Collection
BechtelAcquisition
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2010.1Source or Donor
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BECHTEL