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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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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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Girl with a horse in front ofthe Mudge home (Oakdale) on the Mudge farm in Grantfork |
This is a photograph of a girl with a horse in front of the Mudge home (Oakdale) on the Mudge farm in Grantfork. A man stands near her with his arms on his hips while a woman stands in the same post in the distance. the writing on the reverse side of the photo reads "Marion May 15" followed by an illegible name or word. |
Unknown |
March 15, 2019 |
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Genealogy Document for the Hill Familly, circa 1790-1850 |
This is a genealogy document for the Hill family. It begins with the marriage John Hill (b.1790-d.1839) and Mary S. Winfrey (b. 1791-d.1849). |
circa 1790-1850 |
March 15, 2019 |
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Genealogy document for the Gregory family, circa 1777-1840 |
This is a genealogy document for the Gregory family from April 22, 1840. It lists the children of Godfrey Gregory (b.1777) and Rosanah Walker Gregory (b.1789). |
1840 |
March 15, 2019 |
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Dick H. Mudge and woman indoors |
This photograph shows Madison County attorney Dick Howard Mudge and an unknown woman sitting on a couch indoors. |
Unknown |
March 15, 2019 |
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Certificate of Baptism for Anne Louise Gregory, December 1, 1898 in Alton |
This is a certificate of baptism for Anne Louise Gregory (b. 1893) on December 1, 1898 in Alton. She was the daughter of Samuel Henry Gregory and Mary Martha Gregory and was baptized by Pastor Henry K. Sawborne. |
1898 |
March 15, 2019 |
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Certificate for Solomon Mudge to raise “additional military force” on February 11, 1847 from the United States government |
This is a certificate for Solomon Mudge that states “Know Ye, That in pursuance of an Act of Congress entitled ‘An Act to raise for a limited time, an additional military force, and for other purposes," on February 11, 1847, from the United States government. |
1847 |
March 15, 2019 |
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Business card for D.H. Mudge: Attorney at Law, circa 1905-1915 |
This is a business card for D.H. Mudge: Attorney at Law, Edwardsville, Illinois, circa 1905-1915 |
circa 1905-1915 |
March 15, 2019 |