SC MS 0047.01.02 Minutes of first Commission meeting, 1863-12-17

Minutes of first Commission meeting Harrisburg, Dec. 17th, 1863. (Photocopy of newspaper article written by David Wills, President. W. Y. Sellick, Secretary titled Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg describing how the Commission was appointed by the Governors of the different States, which have soldiers buried in the Cemetery. The names of the Commissioners are listed: Hon. B.W. Norris (Morris?) of Maine, Hon. L.B. Mason of New Hampshire, Mr. Henry Edwards of Massachusetts, Mr. Alfred Coit of Connecticut, Hon. Levi Scobey of New Jersey, Mr. David Wills of Pennsylvania, Col. James Worrall of Pennsylvania, Col. John S. Berry of Maryland, Mr. L.W. Brown of Ohio, Col. Gordon Lofland of Ohio, Col. John G. Stephenson of Indiana, Mr. W.Y. Selleck of Wisconsin. Letters from Governors of States with no commissioners: Hon. Horatio Seymour of New York, Hon. Austin Blair of Michigan, Hon. James Y. Smith of Rhode Island, Hon. Wm. Cannon of Delaware, Hon. Henry G. Swift of Minnesota. A Committee was appointed to procure designs of a monument to be erected in the cemetery: Levi Scobey of New Jersey, B.W. Morris (Norris?) of Maine, Mr. D.W. Brown of Ohio, Col. J.G. Stephenson of Indiana, Col. John S. Berry of Maryland. Mr. Wm. Saunders made the plans and designs of the cemetery gratuitously.)