Letter from Gilbert Christian Greenway to John Campbell Greenway
Gilbert Christian Greenway sends a rifle box to his son, John Campbell Greenway, and wishes him well on his vacation in Michigan. A member of the federal board that oversees the Hot Spring Reservation, the elder Greenway is disgusted with an injunction by Judge Jacob Trieber that alters the board’s powers to regulate access to the springs, particularly as it has given strength to the “low blackguard” that the board was trying to block. Gilbert Greenway feels sure that Congress will “readily right the wrong” if it comes to that. He also reveals that he has resigned the board in protest over its decision to reinstate six “notorious offenders” and notes that board member Dr. C. Travis Drennen changed his vote due to the threat that an old affair and illegitimate child would be exposed. Greenway concludes by telling his son of the family’s struggle to find domestic help and reporting on the health of the immediate family and the dogs.
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1904-07-30