Letter to Lois and Emmett from Jailed Persons

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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-549-1

PARENT COLLECTION

Lois (Bennett) Scholl Collection

DESCRIPTION

A letter addressed to Lois Bennett and Emmett Bennett from jailed persons at the King County Jail, thanking them for delivering peaches. Among the signatories is Gordon Hirabayashi, whose refusal to comply with Japanese American incarceration orders led to the landmark case Hirabayashi v. United States.

DATE

September 8, 1942

LOCATION

Seattle, Washington

OBJECT GENRE

Correspondence

OBJECT FORMAT

Document

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Lois (Bennett) Scholl Collection, Densho

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