[Postcard from Jet Peters addressed to T. N. Carswell - August 25, 1954]
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A postcard addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Tex and postmarked, FT. W & El Paso ED R.P.O.TR 7, Aug 25, 1954. The reverse side includes a form letter addressed to Tommy [T. N. Carswell] from Jet Peters dated August 25, 1954. Campaign card printed for Paul Brashear for State Representative with personal handwritten note advising how as a Shivers Democrat Peters helped carry Cisco for Ike saving their Tide Lands to clean up the mess in Washington, and he congratulates Carswell saying that his article in yesterday's Star Telegram "hit the spot". Peters also asks about Abilene: "How's …
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A postcard addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Tex and postmarked, FT. W & El Paso ED R.P.O.TR 7, Aug 25, 1954. The reverse side includes a form letter addressed to Tommy [T. N. Carswell] from Jet Peters dated August 25, 1954. Campaign card printed for Paul Brashear for State Representative with personal handwritten note advising how as a Shivers Democrat Peters helped carry Cisco for Ike saving their Tide Lands to clean up the mess in Washington, and he congratulates Carswell saying that his article in yesterday's Star Telegram "hit the spot". Peters also asks about Abilene: "How's the West Texas Chamber of Commerce? I hear its sick financially—Do get a big kick out of your Abilene's growth. I first knew the town in 1900."
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T. N. Carswell Collection
This collection was assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell (1887-1978) and contains correspondence throughout his life. His files hold letters signed by most of the major political leaders of Texas during the 1940s through the 1960s, as well as letters signed by Presidents Harry S Truman, Richard M. Nixon, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and George Washington Carver. It also contains a scrapbook of his time at Simmons College.
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Peters, Jet.[Postcard from Jet Peters addressed to T. N. Carswell - August 25, 1954],
letter,
August 25, 1954;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1398631/:
accessed April 30, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.