Letter from Mary White Ovington to J. A. A. Burnquist, July 6, 1920.
Type of event: Lynchings
Location: Minnesota; United States
Addressee: J. A. A. Burnquist
Addressor: Mary White Ovington
Document date:
Document type: Correspondence
Documents: Letter from Mary White Ovington to J. A. A. Burnquist, July 6, 1920.
Citation:
Minnesota. Governor (1915-1921: Burnquist).
Records.
Subject Files (File 648c): Duluth Lynchings, 1920.
Letter from Mary White Ovington to J. A. A. Burnquist, July 6, 1920.
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Mary White Ovington July 6, 1920.
70 Fifth Avenue
New York
Hon. J.A.A. Burnquist
Governor of Minnesota
St.
Paul, Minn.
My dear Governor Burnquist:
Thank you for you
letter of July 2 telling of the arrests and indictment on first degree murder
charges already of twelve persons for alleged participation in the lynchings. We
were confident that Minnesota would act at once in this matter.
Very sincerely yours,
Mary W. Ovington
MWO:B