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Letter to Klokann Committee of Escambia Klan #57 from R. C. Willis, July 9, 1926

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Summary:
Typed letter on plain paper dated July 9, 1926, addressed to "The Klokann Committee of Escambia Klan #57, typed signature of R. C. Willis. Willis demands a trial so he can defend himself over the charges read at the meeting July 2, 1926. He claims he was targeted because he accused the Exalted Cyclops of selfish political aspirations, which is contrary to the constitution of the Klan.
Title: Letter to Klokann Committee of Escambia Klan #57 from R. C. Willis, July 9, 1926.
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Name(s): Klokann Committee of Escambia Klan #57, Recipient
R. C. Willis, Creator
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Correspondence, Letter
Date Created: July 9, 1926
Publisher: West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the UWF Historic Trust Resource Center
Place of Publication: Pensacola, Florida
Language(s): English
Summary: Typed letter on plain paper dated July 9, 1926, addressed to "The Klokann Committee of Escambia Klan #57, typed signature of R. C. Willis. Willis demands a trial so he can defend himself over the charges read at the meeting July 2, 1926. He claims he was targeted because he accused the Exalted Cyclops of selfish political aspirations, which is contrary to the constitution of the Klan.
Identifier: uwf_ht_2016.035.0385 (IID), uwf_ht_2016.035.0385 (Letter)
Note(s): A Project of the Gulf Coast Digital History Project
Subject(s): Ku Klux Klan
Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr.
R. C. Willis
1926
1920s
Held by: University of West Florida Historic Trust Resource Center, Hilton Green Room
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwf_ht_2016.035.0385
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution: UWF

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