Markham thanks Meserole for sending "The Decay of Capitalistic Civilization" by Sidney and Beatrice Webb. Markham goes on to talk about how Jesus is the only man who can save civilization from decay.
Carr writes to Markham requesting his attendance at the Christian Socialist Fellowship Conference in Buffalo, New York. Carr would like Markham to speak at the conference and cannot offer payment but speaks of the good it will do for the cause if...
Lemon thanks Markham for reading his play and asks permission to use his quotes for publicity. Lemon also writes a great deal about freedom of expression in the United States as compared to other countries and other time periods in history.
Postal data: posted, postmarked (ILION, N. Y., NOV 6, 1916, 3:30 P.M.), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR WRITING; THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS); Logo (POST CARD); Written message (Dear Mother Jim and I will be home Wed. Nov. 8....
Correspondence; Fascism; Political activity; Political issues; Activists;
Herman apologizes for not writing sooner. Discusses his chances of coming home but believes he is still needed in the fight against Franco. He admits that being away has made him think about his family more than ever. Tells his father he should...
Convalescent hospitals; Correspondence; Postal service;
Ernest apologizes for not writing sooner. He is still convalescing and now has time to write. He discusses the strange mail service and the trouble his battalion had when them came into town. The townspeople have warmed to the Americans and they...
Four-page letter from Lysander Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith, dated November 2, 1855, in which Spooner disucsses anti-slavery arguments and the distribution of 300 copies of his book, "the Unconstitutionality of Slavery."
Four-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated September 30, 1871, thanking him for obtaining the assistance of [Arthur W. Austin] and discussing topics of slavery and monetary systems.