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Letter to John W. Martin from T.T. Wentworth, Jr., August 11, 1927
- Date Issued:
- 1927-08-11
- Summary:
- Carbon copy of a letter on T. T. Wentworth, Jr., Hardware, Tools & Cutlery, dated August 11, 1927. Addressed to Gov. John Martin. The letter discusses the deaths that the coroner mishandled, according to Wentworth. Wentworth has tried to keep people calm and that there had been talks of lynching someone, but "this move never went over. I was fully determined to see that peace was kept if any such action was too manifest." See also 2016.035.0425 and 0430, 0463-0467.
Title: | Letter to John W. Martin from T.T. Wentworth, Jr., August 11, 1927. |
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Name(s): |
Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr., Creator John W. Martin, Recipient |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Genre: | Correspondence, Letter | |
Date Created: | 1927-08-11 | |
Date Issued: | 1927-08-11 | |
Publisher: | West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the UWF Historic Trust Resource Center | |
Place of Publication: | Pensacola, Florida | |
Extent: | 2 page letter | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Carbon copy of a letter on T. T. Wentworth, Jr., Hardware, Tools & Cutlery, dated August 11, 1927. Addressed to Gov. John Martin. The letter discusses the deaths that the coroner mishandled, according to Wentworth. Wentworth has tried to keep people calm and that there had been talks of lynching someone, but "this move never went over. I was fully determined to see that peace was kept if any such action was too manifest." See also 2016.035.0425 and 0430, 0463-0467. | |
Identifier: | uwf_ht_2016.035.0467.a (IID) | |
Note(s): | A Project of the Gulf Coast Digital History Project. | |
Subject(s): |
Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr. John W. Martin Lynching Pensacola, Florida August 1927 1927 |
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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_2016.035.0467.a | |
Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ | |
Host Institution: | UWF |
In Collections
Title: | Letter to John W. Martin from T.T. Wentworth, Jr., August 11, 1927. |
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Name(s): |
Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr., Creator John W. Martin, Recipient |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Genre: | Correspondence, Letter | |
Date Created: | 1927-08-11 | |
Date Issued: | 1927-08-11 | |
Publisher: | West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the UWF Historic Trust Resource Center | |
Place of Publication: | Pensacola, Florida | |
Extent: | 2 page letter | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Carbon copy of a letter on T. T. Wentworth, Jr., Hardware, Tools & Cutlery, dated August 11, 1927. Addressed to Gov. John Martin. The letter discusses the deaths that the coroner mishandled, according to Wentworth. Wentworth has tried to keep people calm and that there had been talks of lynching someone, but "this move never went over. I was fully determined to see that peace was kept if any such action was too manifest." Also see: 2016.035.0462, 2016.035.0464, and 2016.035.0465.a-b. See also 2016.035.0425 and 0430, 0463-0467. | |
Identifier: | uwf_ht_2016.035.0467.a-b (IID) | |
Note(s): | A Project of the Gulf Coast Digital History Project. | |
Subject(s): |
Theodore Thomas Wentworth, Jr. John W. Martin Lynching Pensacola, Florida Tallahassee, Florida 1920s 1927 |
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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_2016.035.0467 | |
Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ | |
Host Institution: | UWF |