Letter from Mrs. Sisson to the Society presenting a letter about Walter B. Dent and the 1909 election
Entry/Object ID
2008.008.0001
Scope and Content
1 sheet ; 8 15/16" x 8 1/2"
August 19, 1994 From Grace Sisson to Regina Hammett enclosing a letter from Walter B. Dent, Mrs. Sisson's grandfather, in which Mr. Dent challenges claims of fraud in a 1909 election. Mrs. Sisson sent the letter in response to an article by Mrs. Hammett about that election that appeared in the Chronicles. Mrs. Sisson said the letter had been in Mr. Dent's "attic for a long, long time." The letter is on cream colored stationery with Mrs. Sisson's name and address imprinted at the top. She used blue fountain ink for the hand-written text.