Letter from James Foster, a 68-year-old prisoner in Wetumpka, Alabama, to Governor W. D. Jelks.
In the letter Foster asks the governor to grant him parole: "If you and the Board will parole me Governor I swear by all the true Gods that ever existed that I will ever reverence the Alabama Board of Pardons, and hold perpetually as my Trinity, the True God, Governor Jilks [sic], and Ethics.&q...
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Alabama documents Letter from James Foster, a 68-year-old prisoner in Wetumpka, Alabama, to Governor W. D. Jelks. |
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Alabama documents Foster, James; Jelks, William Dorsey, 1855-1931; Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950; Governors--Alabama; Prisoners--Alabama |
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In the letter Foster asks the governor to grant him parole: "If you and the Board will parole me Governor I swear by all the true Gods that ever existed that I will ever reverence the Alabama Board of Pardons, and hold perpetually as my Trinity, the True God, Governor Jilks [sic], and Ethics." He explains that he plans to work as a photographer, and he encloses some samples of his work. He also mentions that he had also written the previous governor about the matter but did not receive a response before W. J. Samford's death; that letter was printed in The Montgomery Journal on May 17, 1901. Both the photographs and the second letter are also available online: https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/7459 and https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/voices/id/2920 |
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Q0000006963 - Q0000006964Q6963 - Q6964Letter from James Foster, a 68-year-old prisoner in Wetumpka, Alabama, to Governor W. D. Jelks.In the letter Foster asks the governor to grant him parole: "If you and the Board will parole me Governor I swear by all the true Gods that ever existed that I will ever reverence the Alabama Board of Pardons, and hold perpetually as my Trinity, the True God, Governor Jilks [sic], and Ethics." He explains that he plans to work as a photographer, and he encloses some samples of his work. He also mentions that he had also written the previous governor about the matter but did not receive a response before W. J. Samford's death; that letter was printed in The Montgomery Journal on May 17, 1901. Both the photographs and the second letter are also available online: https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/photo/id/7459 and https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/voices/id/29201901 September 51901-09-051900-1909Foster, James; Jelks, William Dorsey, 1855-1931; Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950; Governors--Alabama; Prisoners--AlabamaTextCorrespondenceFoster, JamesJames Foster parole request collectionSPP38v7454Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/3468 |
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Letter from James Foster, a 68-year-old prisoner in Wetumpka, Alabama, to Governor W. D. Jelks. |
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Letter from James Foster, a 68-year-old prisoner in Wetumpka, Alabama, to Governor W. D. Jelks. |
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