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Original 1947 official invitation issued by Pennsylvania Governor James H. Duff and Mrs. Duff "To Honour The Pennsylvania National Guard," inviting U.S. Senator and Mrs. Edward Martin to a buffet supper at the Executive Mansion, Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, on Sunday, August 17, 1947, at five-thirty o'clock. Features a gold-embossed Commonwealth of Pennsylvania coat of arms crest at the top head. Measures approximately 6 x 4.75 inches on clean card stock. An exceptional piece of mid-20th-century Pennsylvania political and military history connecting two prominent governors (Edward Martin and James H. Duff).
Transcription:
To Honour The Pennsylvania National Guard
[Gold-embossed Pennsylvania coat of arms crest]
The Governor and Mrs. Duff
request the pleasure of
Senator and Mrs. Martin's
company at a buffet supper
on Sunday, August Seventeenth
at five-thirty o'clock at the
Executive Mansion
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
R.s.v.p.
Executive Mansion
D.S.T.