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Title: Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battle-field Commission Nicholson, John Page, 1842-1922 Beitler, Lewis Eugene, 1863-
Subjects: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 Gettysburg Reunion, 1913
Publisher: (Harrisburg : W. S. Ray, state printer)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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o record myheartfelt appreciation of the kindly feeling and courtesy unfailinglyshown to the Department not only by your Honorable Commissionand the various Departments of the Government of the Common-wealth, but also by the Federal authorities and by the officials ofthe Borough, making harmonious co-operation possible and contribut-ing in no small measure to such success as the Department of Healthmay have attained in handling its share in carrying out the plan ofa fitting celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.A true estimate of the value of work like that done at Gettysburgby the Department of Health is far from easy; it is indeed almost im-possible. No simple statistical summary can be made which willexpress this value in a few figures which he who runs may read. Thefact that a comparatively small number of persons required treat-ment and few died anywhere in the territory covered by the celebra-tion, is a matter for congratulation but is only in a very limited
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