Draft petition to Governor Fuller, 1927 April 11-12.

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Draft petition to Governor Fuller, 1927 April 11-12.

1927

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Drafts, in manuscript and typescript, of the petition sent by Bishop Lawrence, Prof. F.W. Taussig, Roland W. Boyden, and Herman M. Burr, to Gov. Alvan Fuller, requesting a review of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial (15 p.). With notes to lawyer Charles P. Curtis, Jr., who assisted in the drafting of the letter, from Elizabeth Glendower Evans and Felix Frankfurter, thanking Curtis for joining in the petition (1927 April 19-20, 2 p.), and a letter from Edward M. Morgan to Curtis (1948 Nov. 8) regarding the draft petition (1 p.).

15 p. + 3 p., 3 folders in envelope.

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Evans, Elizabeth Glendower, 1856-1937

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Social reformer Elizabeth Glendower Evans was involved in prison reform, support of striking workers, the Massachusetts campaign for the first minimum wage act for women, the movement for women's suffrage, and peace. She was a contributing editor and financial supporter of La Follette's Magazine and the Progressive, and national director of the American Civil Liberties Union (1920-1937). From the description of Papers, 1859-1944 (inclusive), 1882-1944 (bulk). (Harvard University...

Lawrence, William, 1850-1941

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Curtis, Charles P. (Charles Pelham), 1891-1959

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Fuller, Alvan T. (Alvan Tufts), 1878-1958

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Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965

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