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Letter from J.H. Varnum to T.T. Wentworth, Jr., November 26, 1926

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Date Issued:
1926-11-26
Summary:
Letter dated November 26, 1926, from J. H. Varnum. Letter addressed to T. T. Wentworth, Jr. Letter states membership in the Klan is waning, and Varnum is calling for a meeting of "your Terrors" and asking for at least 500 people to attend. Also, stated that copies of the SUMMONS OF THE FIERY CROSS can be ordered from the office of the Grand Dragon, and these can be used to inspire membership. The letter is written on stationery from C.R. Melvin, County Judge, Vernon, Florida.
Title: Letter from J.H. Varnum to T.T. Wentworth, Jr., November 26, 1926.
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Name(s): J.H. Varnum, Creator
Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr., Recipient
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Correspondence, Letter
Date Created: 1926-11-26
Date Issued: 1926-11-26
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
Language(s): English
Summary: Letter dated November 26, 1926, from J. H. Varnum. Letter addressed to T. T. Wentworth, Jr. Letter states membership in the Klan is waning, and Varnum is calling for a meeting of "your Terrors" and asking for at least 500 people to attend. Also, stated that copies of the SUMMONS OF THE FIERY CROSS can be ordered from the office of the Grand Dragon, and these can be used to inspire membership. The letter is written on stationery from C.R. Melvin, County Judge, Vernon, Florida.
Identifier: uwf_ht_2016.035.0265 (IID)
Note(s): A Project of the Gulf Coast Digital History Project.
Subject(s): Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr.
J.H. Varnum
Grand Dragon
Membership
Escambia Klan No. 57
Pensacola, Florida
Vernon, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
1920s
1926
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_2016.035.0265
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution: UWF

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