Records, 1916-1934.

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Records, 1916-1934.

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Letters, legal documents, news clippings, press releases and printed material. Letters from supporters including Theodore Dreiser, H.L. Mencken, Clarence Darrow, and Judge Frank A. Griffin, Mooney's trial judge. Copies of telegrams sent by witness asking for support of perjured testimony. Letters from Governors Richardson, Stephens, and Young discussing their reasons for denying pardon. Printed material includes pamphlets and booklets created by the Defense Fund promoting Mooney's innocence and decrying his plight, including one written by Theodore Dreiser.

.42 linear feet 1 box.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Tom Mooney Molders' Defense Fund.

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Group supporting early twentieth century labor leader found guilty of bombing deaths of ten people during San Francisco's Preparedness Day Parade in 1916, but believed innocent by many and eventually pardoned in 1939. From the description of Records, 1916-1934. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 45902853 ...

Mooney, Thomas J., 1882-1942

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Thomas J. Mooney was born on December 8, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Indiana and Massachusetts. A molder by trade, Mooney first came to California in 1908, permanently settling in San Francisco in 1910. There he became involved in the work of the Socialist party and various labor organizing activites. In 1916, Mooney and Warren K. Billings were wrongfully convicted of the Preparedness Day bombing of July 22. Mooney's plight became a cause amongst labor until his eventual release and ...