Letter, 1927 Aug. 12.

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Letter, 1927 Aug. 12.

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In his letter, Vanzetti continues to protest his and Sacco's innocence. He initially approaches the court verdict from a philosophical viewpoint, stating repeatedly that a truth cannot be made untrue. Vanzetti also accuses his attorney, John Vahey, of having betrayed him, claims that witnesses for the prosecution contradicted themselves, and accuses Judge Webster Thayer of giving him "the most severe and cruel sentence that I knew for such offence as the one of which I was framed."

5 leaves in folder ; 28 cm. + photocopy (5 leaves) and accompanying note ([1] leaf)

Boston Athenaeum

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Vanzetti, Bartolomeo, 1888-1927

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Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrant anarchists who were controversially accused of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the April 15, 1920, armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States. Seven years later, they were electrocuted in the electric chair at Charlestown State Prison. After a few hours' deliberation on July 14, 1921, the jury convicted S...

Minott, Henry.

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