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Telegram to Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Author
Pickett, Clarence
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pa.
Document Date
8/27/1959
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
Pickett, Clarence
Author Dates
1884-1965
Document ID
590827-004
Document Date
8/27/1959
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Signature
Signed with representation of author (Handwritten signature by author's representative)
Status
Cal. 5
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pa.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
4 pp.
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Krushchev, Nikita
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Romney, George W.
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell)
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio)
King, Martin Luther
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Nonviolence
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
International Cooperation
Other Topics
New York Times
Code for Location of Original
MLKP-MBU
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 33A, folder 32
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
7/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
04/06/1999
Date Updated
7/6/2009 11:42:25 AM
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