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[Letter from Marilyn Moosmiller to T. N. Carswell - November 26, 1941]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, American Legion, Abilene, Texas, from Marilyn Moosmiller, Secretary to Herbert Agar, Editor, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, dated November 26, 1941. Moosmiller responds to the letter from Carswell regarding Americanism explaining Agar is committed to the work of national defense and is absent from the office assuring that the letter will receive his attention upon his return.
Date: November 26, 1941
Creator: Moosmiller, Marilyn

[Copy of Legal Complaint from Mary E. Sayles]

Description: Copy of a legal complaint in which the plaintiff, Mary E. Sayles, disputes land rights between herself and the defendants, G. R. Pierce, J. H. Pierce and J. C. Maxwell with intentions to sue for the title and rights to the specified properties. A second copy of the document received by the Pierces is included, on which a response from the Pierces accepting the citation and agreeing to file answer is handwritten.
Date: March 22, 1899
Creator: Texas

Public Hanging

Description: Copy negative of two pictures of a group of men on a hanging platform where a man is about to be hanged, with a very large crowd in the background. This was the last public hanging for rape, held in Owensboro, Kentucky. Other pictures are partially visible below and on the left.
Date: unknown

Public Hanging; 3000 People in Crowd Witness Last Public Hanging

Description: Copy negative of two pictures concerning the last public hanging for rape in Owensboro, Kentucky. The first is of a group of men on a hanging platform where a man has just been hanged, with a very large crowd in the background. The second is a picture of just the crowd with buildings in the background. There is a descriptive typed note under the bottom picture.
Date: unknown
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