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Telegram to Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Author
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
3/21/1961
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
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Author
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
Author Dates
1917-1963
Author Affiliation
United States. White House
Document ID
610321-002
Document Date
3/21/1961
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Signature
Signed with representation of author (Handwritten signature by author's representative)
Status
Cal. 7
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Dates
3/1/1961
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah)
Places
Atlanta, Ga.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Friends and Associates
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Presidential meetings
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 90, folder 20
Copy Location (1)
WHCF-MBJFK, White House Central Files, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
Copy Location (2)
BEMP-DHU-MS, Benjamin E. Mays Papers, Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Washington, D.C.
Filing Info
Box 1, folder 4
Box 1478
Copy Location (3)
JFKWHCSF-MBJFK, John F. Kennedy Presidential Papers, White House Central Subject Files, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
Copy Location (4)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
5/17/1994 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
8/4/2010
8/4/2010 szwald
Date Updated
9/2/2015 9:25:15 AM
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