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Reference code
Thencanic letter from William Bamford, 16 May 1898
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Item
Title
Thencanic letter from William Bamford, 16 May 1898
Date(s)
- 1898 (Creation)
Extent
5 pages
Name of creator
(1878-1945)
Biographical history
William Brokaw Bamford was born in 1878. He was a member of the Thencanic Society and graduated from the Model School in 1896. He was a Colonel in the 1st Reg., Volunteer Engineers during the Spanish-American War, and later mayor of Belmar, New Jersey. He died in 1945.
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Scope and content
William Bamford, Model School Class of 1896, included this letter with his book of Thencanic Society officers from 1882 to 1896. In it he explains his process of creating the work and why he assembled it. It provides important contextual information on this essential document. Transcription included.