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Lot #98031:

1933 GOV. ALBERT RITCHIE DIRECTIVE TO BRIG. GENERAL

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1933 directive letter from Governor Albert C. Ritchie, of the state of Maryland, to Brigadier General Milton A. Reckford, with instruction to mobilize the Maryland National Guard in search of the suspects involved in the lynching of George Armwood; Armwood's lynching being the last recorded in the state of Maryland. Secretary signed.

Condition: Taped to frame matting. Moderate foxing and toning to paper.