Check for $1.95 made out to the State of Alabama Treasurer

Title

Check for $1.95 made out to the State of Alabama Treasurer

Creator

Halliburton, Louise E. Herron, 1897-1991.

Description

Check enclosed with letter written to Alabama Governor James E. Folsom on 1958-08-23. Check made out to the State of Alabama Treasurer to cover the $1.95 theft by Jimmy Wilson committed on July 1957 that led to his conviction and death sentence in 1958.

Date

1958-08-23

Subject

Racism

Source

Halliburton Collection

Format

Digital image captured with an Epson 12000XL scanner. TIFF file created from a check scanned and resized to 1500x 639 pixels, 96 dpi.

Language

English

Contributor

Nora Jimenez

Date Modified

2022-07-27

Medium

Paper (overall material)

Rights Holder

The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College, 1450 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52091

Files

Correspondence-Folsom (3).jpg

Tags

Citation

Halliburton, Louise E. Herron, 1897-1991. , “Check for $1.95 made out to the State of Alabama Treasurer,” Loras College Digital Collections, accessed March 27, 2023, https://digitalcollections.loras.edu/items/show/7625.

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