- Date
- 1956-10-27
- Kind
- Meeting
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- governancecommunicationheritagecommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On October 27, 1956, Mrs. Phil Hart and a Democratic delegation visited Beaver Island and met citizens at Holy Cross Hall. The newspaper also asked readers to help locate an 1883 letter attributed to President Grover Cleveland for possible inclusion in the Historical Society’s museum.
Evidence and limits
The source documents a political visit and a public historical-information appeal. It does not provide campaign records, a complete meeting roster, the letter itself, or proof of its attribution or recovery.
Sources
- Reports that Mrs. Phil Hart, Prentiss Brown Jr., Al Morrow, and Archie Murphy visited Beaver Island on October 27, met island citizens at Holy Cross Hall, and discussed an 1883 letter attributed to President Grover Cleveland congratulating the island on a unanimous Democratic vote. The Beacon asks readers who know the letter’s location to contact it for a possible Historical Society museum item. It does not provide campaign records, a complete meeting roster, the letter, or proof of its attribution or recovery. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1956-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the delegation visit and historical-letter appeal; it does not expand the political, meeting, or artifact record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Democratic campaign delegation visits Beaver Island and seeks a historic letter, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-democratic-delegation-visit-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1956, “Lieutenant Governor’s Wife.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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