{"value"=>"<p>The correspondence concerns his activities as a prominent New York attorney and reform politician, his activity in the rubber business in South America, as well as his extensive travels there, other business ventures abroad, the National Civic Federation (Ivins was a member of the committee on Free Speech and Freedom of Assembly), the Equal Franchise Society, and his position as special counsel to the Public Utilities Commission, and the Public Services Commission, which both investigated New York City Subway and Transit service ca. 1910. Correspondents include Ralph M Easley, Benjamin Harrison, and John Quinn,.</p>"}