Eugene Caufield to Richard Yates

Aurora Ill July 18. 1865

Hon Richard Gates

Jacksonville Ill

Sir:

I take the liberty of

enclosing to you a copy of the charter and ByLaws

of the Aurora Library Association, and to request

you to put it upon your list of the persons and

institutions to whom you send public documents.

The Association is now thoroughly organized, and

starts off with every prospect of success--It will

be kept in rooms provided by the City in the

New City Hall as soon as the building is

completed.

We desire to make it a Library worth referring

to especially in all matters connected with

the country-government- its institutions,

laws, and history. We mean to get off

merely popular works, only enough to make

it popular, and to ensure its success.

There is no institution of the kind in this part of

the State except at Chicago, and all

the professional men feel the need of one here.

I write at the suggestion of Allen & Bangs

who, as well as myself are actively interested

in the matter and who hope that through

you and Farnsworth one will get all

national documents of value.

Very Respty Y

Eugene Caufield

Aurora Library

Association

requesting Docs,

Ansd, I would

send them.