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TLS to City Clerk from J.Harry O'Brien re volunteering for Hoboken draft board work, May 9, 1917.
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Typed letter signed to Daniel Haggerty, City Clerk, City Hall, Hoboken, from J. Harry O'Brien, May 9, 1917 re offering his services for Enrollment in the Fourth District, Fifth Ward. Single leaf, 8-1/2" x 11"; letterhead of the American Express Company, Traffic Department, New York where it is presumed O'Brien worked. Digital images only. Tiffs media archive.
The content relates to the initial organization in World War I of a Local Board for Selective Service Act (military draft) activities, the city's call for volunteers and O'Brien's response to it that he will serve in his neighborhood.
O'Brien's Hoboken address was 1022 Garden Street.
2008.048.0010
2008.048
Maier, Bob
Loan
Gift of Bob Maier.
1917 - 1917
Date(s) Created: 1917 Date(s): 1917-1917
Notes: This item was originally from the files of the local Hoboken draft board; discarded at unknown date from records at Hoboken City Hall. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2008-05-19