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Correspondence regarding organizational meetings, 1899

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  • M. V. Rid? RDS, Land ajij Industrial Agent. fr ** In your reply please quote our File No. 4880 Southern Railway Company. OFFICE OF THE LAND AND INDUSTRIAL AGENT, 719 Thirteenth Street, N. W., !TA30J YIROTOAT SEE MAP ON REVERSE SIDE. Washington, D. C, December 11th, 1899. Subject : Person til. :'r. Chas. McHataee, Biltmore, H. C. ! "y Dear Sirs If not Intruding too much upon your valuable time, wont you please prepare a memorial and petition tor the establishment of a b;;t.lonal Park and Forest Preserve in the Appalachian Range of Iboun- tains? a-v The brief which you will prepare we would like to con§§cler at a meeting of the Committee on Petitions and Memorials which will be called to meet at Asheville within the next ten days. I will telegraph you the exact date. It has been suggested by the President, ur. Geo. 8. Powell, that this memorial and petition uhould be placed in the hands of Sanator Pritchard, so that in event of the Ilea-thwestern Park plan going up before Congress before our Committee is on the ground, he can present our claims to the best advantage. Yours tpdly, yyyi Chairman Coram!' B.
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