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| Title: | Letter from Douglas to Ritter |
| Author: | Douglas, William O. |
| Date: | 04/04/1956 |
Document Information
Bibliographic Metadata
| Author: | Douglas, William O. |
| Title: | Letter from Douglas to Ritter |
| Date: | 04/04/1956 |
| Archive: | Special Collections, Gelman Library, George Washington University |
| Collection name: | C & O Canal Association Papers |
| Document location: | Box 1 Folder 6, Item 5 |
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Descriptive Metadata
| Editorial notes: | |
| Description: | An April 1956 letter on Supreme Court stationary from Justice William O. Douglas to Colin Ritter. The letter notifies Ritter that the Interior Department has decided not to go forward with the highway plan on the old C & O Canal and would instead seek legislation for a National Park. The letter closes with a discussion on the upcoming reunion of the trail walkers. |
| Subjects: | Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Association;; C & O Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.);; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.);; Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980;; Ritter, Colin;; |
Technical Metadata
| Date scanned: | 02/22/2006 |
| Person scanning: | T Carter and M. Brach |
| Date converted: | 02/22/2006 |
| Person converting: | T Carter and M. Brach |
| Scanner used: | Fujitsu fi-4220C |
| OCR program: | PixEdit 7 Rev. 7.3.6 |
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