]> Eastern North Carolina Digital History Exhibit Bath Tricentennial Bath's 250th Anniversary none Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974 1955-07-06 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 text Letter image/jpg 1 References http://www.lib.ecu.edu/SpclColl/ead/vault/frmvault/0021.frame.html IsPartOf Special Collections IsPartOf Inglis Fletcher Papers, #21.13.d References http://150.216.68.30/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1108B0977L578.122548&profile=joyner&uri=link=3100020~!2495437~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!alsdb&term=Inglis+Fletcher+papers%2C&index=UTL IsPartOf Inglis Fletcher Papers Fletcher, Inglis, 1879-1969 Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974 One of the state’s celebrities who was asked to help with the celebration of Bath’s 250th anniversary was best-selling historical novelist Inglis Fletcher, who lived in Edenton.Yes 7/9 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE RALEIGH Luther H. Hodges Governor July 6, 1955 Mrs. Inglis Fletcher Edenton North Carolina Dear Mrs. Fletcher: The 1955 General Assembly authorized the creation of a Commission to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Bath. This Commission will develop plans for State participation in an appropriate celebration of this historic event. I take pleasure in appointing you as a member of this Bath Commission and hope that you will be able to serve. Mr. Edmund H. Harding of Washington is chairman of the Commission and will contact you with details about the first meeting of this group. Sincerely, Luther Hodges [signature] LHH/be We need to move faster on this one than the 400th—don't we? Mrs. H. sends her best!

Higher resolution image Image of Letter: Governor Luther Hodges to Mrs. Inglis Fletcher