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Letter from Samuel A Silk to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, October 3, l933

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A letter from Samuel A Silk to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, October 3, l933 reporting on the closing of the asylum, the state of the buildings and patients, and the transfer of patients.

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Letter from Samuel A. Silk to Dr. William A. White, September 23-25, 1933

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A letter from Samuel A. Silk to Dr. William A. White, Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital describing the efforts by G. J. Moen and others to…