Telegram from R. Starkweather, a teacher in Stevenson, Alabama, to General Crawford.
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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
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In the message Starkweather asks for military assistance to protect the city from Klan violence: "Guard needed here--Civil guard overpowered and prisoner taken out by Ku Klux, our lives in danger--Officer in charge refused to stay." A transcription is included.
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1870 March 1 1870 03 01
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