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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SENATE CHAMBER, BOSTON,

April 4, 1900 -

Dear Mr Sheldon:

The Street Railway
Committee has decided to
to go to Springfield tomorrow
night then to Deerfield
Friday forenoon - probably
to Greenfield first reaching
there at 10.22 then by
carriages to Deerfield -
then probably return to
Greenfield for dinner
and home in the after-
noon by the Fitchburg R.R.

Yours respectfully
C.W. Hazelton

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This short letter of April 4, 1900, from C.W. Hazelton, a member of the Massachusetts Senate to George Sheldon of Deerfield, announces the plan of the Street Railway Committee to visit the village of Deerfield. They will make the round trip from Boston by train and by carriage, arriving first in Springfield, moving north to Greenfield by 10:22 A.M., then to Deerfield and back to Greenfield for dinner and "home" in the afternoon by the Fitchburg Railroad. The purpose is to check out the situation for the route of the planned trolley line.

 

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Letter to George Sheldon regarding trolley

author   Charles W. Hazelton (1848-1937)
date   Apr 4, 1900
location   Boston, Massachusetts
height   8.0"
width   4.75"
process/materials   manuscript, paper, ink
item type   Personal Documents/Letter
accession #   #L99.129


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Letter to George Sheldon regarding trolley

Letter to C. Alice Baker regarding the trolley

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