Department of Interior Letter
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Department of Interior Letter
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Secretary James Garfield's response to Olof Hanson's letter, December 1908.
Date
1908
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Secretary's Office
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
December 1, 1908.
Dear Sir:
By reference from the President, I have your letter of November 18, relative to the admission of deaf mutes to the Civil Service examinations.
The President has today signed the following order:
"Deaf mutes may be admitted to examination for all places in the classified civil service of the United States, whose duties, in the opinion of the Civil Service Commission, they are capable of performing."
Very truly, yours,
[signed] James Rudolph Garfield
Secretary.
Mr. Olof Hanson,
62 Downs Block,
Seattle, Washington.
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
December 1, 1908.
Dear Sir:
By reference from the President, I have your letter of November 18, relative to the admission of deaf mutes to the Civil Service examinations.
The President has today signed the following order:
"Deaf mutes may be admitted to examination for all places in the classified civil service of the United States, whose duties, in the opinion of the Civil Service Commission, they are capable of performing."
Very truly, yours,
[signed] James Rudolph Garfield
Secretary.
Mr. Olof Hanson,
62 Downs Block,
Seattle, Washington.
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“Department of Interior Letter,” National Deaf Life Museum, accessed May 18, 2024, https://nationaldeaflifemuseum.omeka.net/items/show/26.