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Letter, March 28, 1896, William N. Sheats, Secretary and State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Education Department, State of Florida, Tallahassee, to Ellen Call Long, Tallahassee, 1 p., reporting a resolution adopted by the State Board of Education requesting ''Mrs. Ellen Call Long to complete and publish her histories of Florida and the Seminole War, works much needed by the schools of the State and the general public.''
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CALL FAMILY PAPERS
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Correspondence, 1890-1897
Educational Department, State of Florida
Office of W. N. Sheats, Superintendent
Tallahassee, Mar. 28, 1896.
Mrs. Ellen Call Long,
Tallahassee, Fla.
Dear Madam:
The following was adopted at a meeting of the State Board of Education held this date:
“Resolved, that the State Board of Education, having heard favorable mention of the history of the State prepared by her and reposing confidence in her ability, respectfully request Mrs. Ellen Call Long to complete and publish her histories of Florida and the Seminole War, works much needed by the schools of the State and the general public.”
Yours respectfully,
Wm. N. Sheats,
Sec'y. and State Supt. Pub. Instruction.
P.S. The Board declined to commit itself on the lecture scheme.
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