Letter 11: To R. W. Thompson, 1878-March-8

Summary:: Letter sent to Richard W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, informing him of shooting of John Powers by his wife Frances and that the U.S. Commissioner at Pensacola was overseeing the investigation of the matter. 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:	Letter 11: To R. W. Thompson, 1878-March-8.	28 views
Name(s):	R. W. Thompson, Recipient John Powers, Referenced Frances Powers, Referenced
Type of Resource:	text
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 sent to Richard W. Thompson, Secretary of the Navy, informing him of shooting of John Powers by his wife Frances and that the U.S. Commissioner at Pensacola was overseeing the investigation of the matter. 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_Page010 (IID)
Note(s):	A Project of the Gulf Coast Maritime History and Heritage Digital Portal.
Subject(s):	Murder -- Naval History -- Military History -- Legal History -- Crime -- 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_Page010
Use and Reproduction:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution:	UWF

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