HARVARD UNIVERSITY 

 CAMBRIDGE 



PRESIDENT'S OFFICE 



December 10, 1913, 



My dear Dr Kennedy:— 



The Harvard Commission on Western History 

 is extremely anxious to get for the Harvard Library some of 

 the original letters, reports, and manuscripts of Isaac I. 

 Stevens, now in the possession of G-eneral Hazard Stevens. 

 General Hazard Stevens has also similar valuable material of 

 his own. 



era History, and I, have had a talk with G-eneral Stevens; and 

 found that the idea of giving the- material to Harvard was a 

 new one, and that he had contemplated turning it all over 

 at some future date to the State of Washington, with which 

 he and his father have had intimate associations. 



who might be sufficiently interested to put in a good word for 

 us, and he has suggested that you were General Stevens most 

 intimate friend of his class. 



to the Commission, in case you are not familiar with it, and 

 should you be interested, if you would be good enough to suggest 

 how best General Stevens might be approached. As you probably 

 know, Harvard gave him an honorary degree a few years ago. 



Irofessor Turner, of the Commission of West' 



I lave consulted Dr W. L. Richardson as to 



I am herewith enclosing an article in regard 



Dr G. G. Kennedy, 

 Headville, 



Massachusetts. 



