Letter from Walter F. White to J. A. A. Burnquist, August 16, 1920.
Type of event: Lynchings
Location: Minnesota; United States
Addressee: J. A. A. Burnquist
Addressor: Walter F. White
Document date:
Document type: Correspondence
Documents: Letter from Walter F. White to J. A. A. Burnquist, August 16, 1920.
Citation:
Minnesota. Governor (1915-1921: Burnquist).
Records.
Subject Files (File 648c): Duluth Lynchings, 1920.
Letter from Walter F. White to J. A. A. Burnquist, August 16, 1920.
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Walter F. White,
Assistant Secretary
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August 16, 1920.
Honorable J.A.A. Burnquist,
State of Minnesota,
Executive
Department
St. Paul, Minn.
My dear Governor
Burnquist:
Thank you very much for your letter of the 12th.,
telling of the action of the Grand Jury in the Duluth lynching cases.
We
shall watch very closely the results of the trials and I shall take up with you
the matter of a statement to the press after the trials are completed.
I
need hardly tell you how pleased we are with what has been done already and
especially are we gratified at the manifestation of you genuine interest in
these cases.
Very truly yours,
Walter White
Assistant Secretary.