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Cancelled Letter 11 to Richard W. Thompson, 1878-March-8

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Summary:
Letter intended for R. W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, regarding a murder of John Powers by his wife Frances at the Naval Reserve by pistol. This version of the letter marks the murder as possibly accidental due to the findings of a Coroner's Jury. Written in blue across the letter is the word "canceled" and the finalized version of this letter appears elsewhere in this collection. The paper is thin to the point of transparency and the page of the ledger this letter was copied into appears in the upper right corner. Parts of the paper have been eaten away by rust due to iron in the ink used.
Title: Cancelled Letter 11 to Richard W. Thompson, 1878-March-8.
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Name(s): R. W. Thompson, Intended Recipient
John Powers, Referenced
Frances Powers, Referenced
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Letter
Issuance: single unit
Date Created: 1878-03-08
Publisher: West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the UWF Historic Trust Resource Center
Place of Publication: Pensacola, Florida
Extent: 1 letter copy, from ledger
Language(s): Eng
Summary: Letter intended for R. W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, regarding a murder of John Powers by his wife Frances at the Naval Reserve by pistol. This version of the letter marks the murder as possibly accidental due to the findings of a Coroner's Jury. Written in blue across the letter is the word "canceled" and the finalized version of this letter appears elsewhere in this collection. The paper is thin to the point of transparency and the page of the ledger this letter was copied into appears in the upper right corner. Parts of the paper have been eaten away by rust due to iron in the ink used.
Identifier: uwfHT_NYC_Box2_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page008 (IID)
Note(s): The Gulf Coast Digital History Project
Subject(s): Naval History -- Military History -- Crime -- Murder -- Legal History -- Gulf Coast -- Pensacola, Florida -- Late 19th-Century
Held by: University of West Florida Archives
Held by: University of West Florida Resource Center, Hilton-Green Room
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfHT_NYC_Box2_1877-1878_Correspondence_Page008
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution: UWF