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Michigan in the Civil War Sanitary Operations
RUTH L. POTTER, ELIZA W. FISHER, Of the Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society, Kalamazoo.
It will be noticed that a very brief period elapsed between the time that the idea of holding the "Fair" was first entertained and its occurrence, but the foregoing address was as widely circulated among the people of Michigan as circumstances would permit. The ladies of Kalamazoo county relied mainly upon the various Soldiers' Aid Societies of the State for active co-operation,
"and in view of all the surroundings they were not disappointed. The general outline for the "Fair" having been arranged, the work of preparation commenced. Buildings were to be erected, a hall in which articles were to be exhibited and sold to the assembled thousands, and an extensive dining-room for visitors, were to be built; and, considering the fact that the lumber was to be brought by teams a distance of 28 miles, the circumstances seemed to be
embarrassing.
American civil war
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