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Edward J. Gay III Congressional File, Mss. 1295
Letter from Deputy Commissioner Henry Desmare to Senator Gay verifying the need for Private Grimaldi to be discharged, April 17th, 1919.
Edward J. Gay III Congressional File, Mss. 1295, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.
Edward J. Gay III (1878-1952) was the son of Andrew Hynes Gay (1841-1914) and Lodoiska Clement (1843-1933), and grandson of Edward J. Gay (1816-1889), who represented Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1885-1889) and owned St. Louis Plantation near Plaquemine, La. Edward J. Gay III served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1904-1918) and a U.S. Senator for Louisiana (1918-1921). Correspondence contains requests from servicemen for assistance in obtaining military discharges and finding employment (1919-1920).
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Edward J. Gay III Congressional File, Mss. 1295
Letter from Deputy Commissioner Henry Desmare to Senator Gay verifying the need for Private Grimaldi to be discharged, April 17th, 1919.
Edward J. Gay III Congressional File, Mss. 1295, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.
Edward J. Gay III (1878-1952) was the son of Andrew Hynes Gay (1841-1914) and Lodoiska Clement (1843-1933), and grandson of Edward J. Gay (1816-1889), who represented Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives (1885-1889) and owned St. Louis Plantation near Plaquemine, La. Edward J. Gay III served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1904-1918) and a U.S. Senator for Louisiana (1918-1921). Correspondence contains requests from servicemen for assistance in obtaining military discharges and finding employment (1919-1920).
Blog post:
news.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/2017/05/04/but-wait-theres-more-ad...
LSU Special Collections