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August 14, 1928 Official Proceedings of the Madison County Board of Supervisors | These are the meeting minutes of the August 14, 1928 meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. They were published by the Edwardsville Intelligencer as part of the meeting minutes of the 1928-29 term. | August 14, 1928 | July 19, 2017 |
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September 11, 1928 Official Proceedings of the Madison County Board of Supervisors | These are the meeting minutes of the September 11, 1928 meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. They were published by the Edwardsville Intelligencer as part of the meeting minutes of the 1928-29 term. | September 11, 1928 | August 24, 2017 |
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October 11, 1928 Official Proceedings of the Madison County Board of Supervisors | These are the meeting minutes of the October 11, 1928 meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. They were published by the Edwardsville Intelligencer as part of the meeting minutes of the 1928-29 term. | October 11, 1928 | August 24, 2017 |
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Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to D. H. Mudge Sr. | This is a letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dick Howard Mudge Senior, a prominent attorney and member of the local Democratic Party. At this time Roosevelt was the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for New York. In the letter Roosevelt urges Mudge to support the Democratic Presidential candidate, Al Smith, in the upcoming 1928 election. Roosevelt extols the benefits of Democratic values, while denouncing what he calls the "crass materialism" of Republican Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Warren G. Harding. Roosevelt asks Mudge to write back his decision to his personal home in New York City. Smith went on to lose the 1928 election to Herbert Hoover, while Roosevelt was elected governor of New York. | October 15, 1928 | November 30, 2017 |
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Letter from D. H. Mudge Sr. to Franklin D. Roosevelt | This is a carbon copy letter from Dick Howard Mudge Senior responding to Franklin D. Roosevelt. During this period Roosevelt was the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for New York. In the letter Mudge, a prominent attorney and member of the local Democratic Party, discusses his decision to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Al Smith in the upcoming 1928 election. Optimistic, Mudge predicts Madison County will sway from its Republican voting tendencies to support Smith. Ending the letter, Mudge expresses gratitude for Roosevelt's communication and applauds his speech given in Houston at the 1928 Democratic National Convention. Smith went on to lose the 1928 election to Herbert Hoover and Republicans won the Madison County majority vote. Despite these Democratic loses, Roosevelt was elected governor of New York. | October 18, 1928 | January 24, 2018 |
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Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to D. H. Mudge Sr. | This is the second letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dick Howard Mudge Senior, a prominent attorney and member of the local Democratic Party. At this time Roosevelt was the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for New York. In the letter Roosevelt acknowledges Mudge's encouraging response from October 18. Brief in his reply, Roosevelt is preoccupied with the closing week of his campaign and unable to write further. Roosevelt went on to be elected governor of New York. | November 2, 1928 | November 30, 2017 |
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November 14, 1928 Official Proceedings of the Madison County Board of Supervisors | These are the meeting minutes of the November 14, 1928 meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. They were published by the Edwardsville Intelligencer as part of the meeting minutes of the 1928-29 term. | November 14, 1928 | August 24, 2017 |
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December 12, 1928 Official Proceedings of the Madison County Board of Supervisors | These are the meeting minutes of the December 12, 1928 meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. They were published by the Edwardsville Intelligencer as part of the meeting minutes of the 1928-29 term. | December 12, 1928 | August 24, 2017 |
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1929 The Holy Bible-- King James Verson | This is a family bible from 1929 lined with gold pages and a silver trimming. This bible was digitized as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Miles Atkinson, whose family owns the Bible. |
1929 | March 4, 2020 |
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January 15, 1929 Official Proceedings of the Madison County Board of Supervisors | These are the meeting minutes of the January 15, 1929 meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. They were published by the Edwardsville Intelligencer as part of the meeting minutes of the 1928-29 term. | January 15, 1929 | August 28, 2017 |