| Item Description: | "In January, 1912, the new executive committee undertook by resolution to cancel the election of Mr. Lewis and place his name on the list of persons proposed for membership to be voted upon at the next annual meeting, basing this action upon the statement that when he was elected the Executive Committee did not know he was a colored man."--Leaves 1-2. - "Office of the Attorney General, Washington, February 4, 1912."--Leaf [17]. - Cataloged from cover. - Correspondence between George Woodward Wickersham, Attorney General of the United States, and George Whitelock, Secretary of the American Bar Association. - RLIN, CTRG97-B3085. - Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library. - Signed (leaves 3, 8, and 15): Geo. W. Wickersham ; signed (leaves 9, 13): Geo. Whitelock. - Title on cover in typescript, provided by holding institution |
|---|