[Telegram from Representative George Mahon to T. N. Carswell - April 29, 1942]
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A Western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell, Hardin-Simmons University, from George Mahon, Govt DL, Washington D. C., dated April 29, 1942. Mahon replies to Carswell that he is honored to receive his invitation but declines due to official duties preventing his being in Abilene.
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A Western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell, Hardin-Simmons University, from George Mahon, Govt DL, Washington D. C., dated April 29, 1942. Mahon replies to Carswell that he is honored to receive his invitation but declines due to official duties preventing his being in Abilene.
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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.
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Mahon, George.[Telegram from Representative George Mahon to T. N. Carswell - April 29, 1942],
text,
April 29, 1942;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1397798/:
accessed June 25, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.