[Letter from Floyd Chaffin to T. N. Carswell - August 24, 1942]
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A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Floyd Chaffin, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Coleman, Texas, dated August 24, 1942. Chaffin acknowledges the receipt of the letter from Carswell regarding the effort to drive out the liquor traffic, expresses his desire to present the matter to the association and requests from Carswell a definite plan to follow as to how he thinks best to "go about it".
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A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Floyd Chaffin, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Coleman, Texas, dated August 24, 1942. Chaffin acknowledges the receipt of the letter from Carswell regarding the effort to drive out the liquor traffic, expresses his desire to present the matter to the association and requests from Carswell a definite plan to follow as to how he thinks best to "go about it".
This letter is part of the following collections of related materials.
T. N. Carswell Collection
This collection was assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell (1887-1978) and contains correspondence throughout his life. His files hold letters signed by most of the major political leaders of Texas during the 1940s through the 1960s, as well as letters signed by Presidents Harry S Truman, Richard M. Nixon, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and George Washington Carver. It also contains a scrapbook of his time at Simmons College.
Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.