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Box 4257.020

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

James Harry Deems Letter, 1928 May 1

 File — Box: 4257.020, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents Letter from James Harry Deems to Mr. John S. Bios concerning a request for information about Abraham Lincoln's 1864 speech at the Union Relief Association fair. He gives a family history, which has a long tradition of military service, and he states that his father, James Monroe Deems (1828 - 1901), a brigadier general during the Civil War, conducted the band, and he played first violin.
Dates: 1928 May 1
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4257, Wade Hall Collection on American Life / SOUTHERN REGION