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- 1860-1919 (Creation)
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0.10 Linear Feet; 1 folder
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Fragmented personal papers, including a number of Jacob C. Buzzard's teaching certificates and a message to his children written just prior to his death. Also includes a letter to President Woodrow WIlson from the Illinois Mennonite Church Conference, dated May 30, 1919. The letter, signed by Alpha L. Buzzard and John Nice, thanks Wilson for his consideration of the Mennonites' nonresistance and asks for exemption from all military training. Other materials include documents from the Illinois Mennonite Church Conference and a certificate of baptism in German for Johanna Friedricke Krause.
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Flat
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These materials are open to public research.
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Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright not owned by the Mennonite Church USA Archives.
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- English
- German
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2011-03-09
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- English