BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL FAIR ASSOCIATION

C. J. HAMLIN, Pres.

F. C. STEVENS, V. Pres.

W. H. ALMY, Treas.

C. W. ROBINSON, Stry & Gen'l Mgr.

OPENING:

SEPT. 4TH

CLOSING:

SEPT. 14TH

THE LARGEST FAIR BUILDING IN THE WORLD

OFFICE 47 CHAPIN BLOCK

BUFFALO, N.Y. June 15th, 1888.

Gen. Armstrong,

Carlisle, Pa.

Dear Sir:

Buffalo is to have an International Industrial Exposition on September 4th to 14th. We mail you to-day copies of our Fair Journal which will explain in detail what the Exposition will be.

One of the departments will be the Indian Exhibit. It is intended in this department to exhibit curiosities and relics, but the main idea is to show the progress, which they have made in civilization. In one department we will exhibit the Indian as he was with the various utensils and implements of warfare. In the other we will show him as he is surrounded by the numerous specimens of his handiwork.

The question we would ask of you is this, What will Carlisle do to make this exhibit a success, to convince the hundreds of thousands who will visit the Exposition that the years of teaching and missionary work among the Indians and the thousands of dollars spent in their education and civilization have not been spent in

C. J. HAMLIN, Prest.

F. C. STEVENS, V. Prest.

W. H. ALMY, Trees.

C. W. ROBINSON, Sedy & Genl Mgr.

OPENING:

SEPT. 4TH

CLOSING:

SEPT. 14TH

OFFICE 47 CHAPIN BLOCK

BUFFALO, N.Y.

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vain ? No such opportunity, we believe, has been before opened to
the friends of the Indians.

The people of Buffalo and Western New York are very much in-
terested in the Carlisle School, and an exhibition, showing the
progress your pupils are making would certainly be a great help to
Carlisle. Can we not arrange with you for an exhibit of some of
your best scholars, working at various trades ? We would also like
to have an addition to our collection of curiosities by a loan from
Carlisle.

The Six Nations of New York and Canada will be largely repre-
sented and it is desired that the Indians of the West should also
be represented through your Institution.

The Association has secured the services of Mr. Frederick E.
Parker, a representative Seneca Indian, who is a graduate of the
Fredonia Normal School, and a nephew of Gen. Ely S. Parker, to super-
intend the Indian Department. He will be glad to hear from you in
reference to this proposed plan of co-operation. On our part the