Papers concerning the Sacco and Vanzetti case, 1921-1927.

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Papers concerning the Sacco and Vanzetti case, 1921-1927.

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Includes: complete typescript carbon of the 1921 trial and motion for new trial transcripts, prepared for A. Lawrence Lowell for his work on the Lowell advisory committee; two copies of the committee procedings of July 14-21, 1927; letters from Governor Alvan T. Fuller to Lowell conveying documents and outlining the committee work; 2 telegrams from Sacco and Vanzetti supporters sent to the committee; and other transcripts from the first trial.

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