Show THE STATE TABLE communications have hate now been received from almost every state or territory te requested quested to furnish some thime for the utah state slate which john B wilson allaun to la constructing here are a few of the latest responses that have bate COMO come to banu ban u NORTH CAROLINA the president of t te fe e chamber of commerce and industry Indu atry writer arises from raleigh so dear the request of his bia excellency governor carr we send you by express a piece of curly yellow pine lumber as we deem it to be the ibe most buli suitable able comics f om thia state hoping you will be pleased with the same I 1 am 1 va very ry respectfully yours WM WK E ASHLEY president raleigh chamber of commerce and industry MARYLAND BYlAND MA col wm love of baltimore was wa te requested quested by governor brown to fur jilch the piece of wood desired and sitf sar y dior dear sir 1 lam am in receipt of ft a letter from governor frank brown enclosing one freiri yott aft danild my may 19 Y tour our request for a pit cleoe of wood from this tote state with some gome historical vine value 1 I am m glad ta bayl ay I 1 bobeen bT have been able to 10 gonad comply y with and J have now in this office a piece of the world renowned black mulberry trees tree under aho he oade shade of which bloh the first as setlers alers of this state under gov leonard calvert did on maron maren make the first treaty with the indiana In diann dialon at ai 8 marys maryls city st marys co maralana Mary maryland lanA this tree stood within ten feet of the first state bone bon e erected by english hands hand in this country con sad and in which the he lotof act of religious toleration was passed 1649 being athe first in the world the tree was prostrated some thirteen years ago by a storm and the wood was then carefully careful lv preserved by the episcopal church authorities on the spot and by i he sta ata e officers the piece I 1 propose to send yon von on behalf or of the governor of Mary maryland fand is nine inches long seven wide and one and one eighth inches thick so that you yon can cail get what you yon want out of 11 1 please inform me by bv return mail how you want the wood shipped very respectfully respectful lv W H secy ALABAMA thomas J kev editor of the southern agriculturist writes from montgomery bomer dear bear sir we mail to you today a beautiful specimen of curled or waved oine to go into your manji colored table it to is known as long leaf pine the light ot et e t colored tilde side should be the part upwards on table it came from escambia combia Ea county ala and was gotten out by mr W M carney of atmore ala for beauty it cannot be our surpassed eseed hope it will reach you von uninjured uninjured yours THOMAS J KEY DELAWARE governor vernor watson writes from ml MI ford as follows follow my dear sir governor Marv marville ills death accounts for your not noi hearing from your request foi a piece of native wood lor for the table you propose apropo e building As an his successor all at end to i how soon do you want it and to 10 whom shall I 1 send i respectfully yours W T WATSON milford dela NEW CITY the chamber of commerce com meroe oabe of tbt state abate ot now new york founded 1768 says ahr u ih ab its sec Beor etao dear sir your letter of the ultimo was duly received aad and submitted to the executive committee com minee of this chamber who referred it to the under signed with power and I 1 have in bruot ed d the white foter paige ingco of no willoughby avenue brooklyn Bio oklyn to forward to 10 you a log leg of oak properly turned for the purpose pose you yon indicate kindly acknowledge receipt of same and oblige yours truly gro WILSON WiLSO ir secretary california the bureau of mineralogy son san francisco thai respond dear sir by even mail I 1 send you yon a piece of olive wood out cut from ft om a tree slanted bythe by the mission padres at mission san air a uru cruz z about the year shortly alter after the founding of the mission Mi assion the tree was out down about ten years ago to make room for building this to la he only hard wood I 1 have of historical interest ta that could be used in the table yours truly S secretary bureau |