In the first letter, written March 23, 1934, Wheeler explains that she is an African American widow with three children; she asks the governor for financial assistance because she is unable to get work or relief money in Dallas County. In the...
In the letter Wheeler urges McCain to reapply for a pension because his request "was not propperly [sic] considered before and many such blunders have hapened [sic] in the Pension Dept."
This poem, written by nineteenth century poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox, deals with love and death. Boykin autographed this copy and gave it to his daughter and son-in-law.
2009-09-15
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