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Lawrence Reuben and Beatrice Edwards Beck
No full textLawrence Reuben and Beatrice Edwards Beck were married June 1931. This is possibly their wedding day
Philip Strong letter to Reuben Wood, January 27, 1852
No full textLegal correspondence written by Philip Strong to Governor Reuben Wood regarding a warrant to arrest Peyton Polly, dated January 27, 1852.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Stanley Matthews letter to Reuben Wood, March 23, 1852
No full textLetter written to Governor Reuben Wood by Stanley Matthews in support of the appointment of Donn Piatt to a position in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, March 23, 1852. Stanley Matthews (1824-1889) was at the time a judge in the court. He secured a seat in the Ohio Senate in 1856 before being appointed U.S. District Attorney for Southern Ohio in 1858, and later served as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1881 to 1889.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Marriage record of Tillman, Reuben and Edwards, Susan
No full textMarriage license for Reuben Tillman and Susan Edwards. Nathaniel M. Moody was the Justice of the Peace
Beatrice Edwards
No full textBeatrice Edwards is the daughter of Zebuland and Catherine Edwards. She married Lawrence Reuben Beck
Beatrice Edwards
No full textBeatrice Edwards is pictured her freshman year at Uintah High School. She was born to Zebuland R. and Catherine Edwards in 1911. She married Lawrence Reuben Beck in 1931. She died June 12, 2012
The racial romance of Amy Levy's "Reuben Sachs"
No full textOn its publication in 1888, Reuben Sachs by Amy Levy (1861-1889) was initially received as being anti-Semitic in both the Jewish and the mainstream presses. Many reviews were scathingly critical, and some singled out the author for special abuse ...Peer reviewedFinal article published
Peyton Polly legal fees document
No full textDocumentation of legal fees incurred by attorneys in the legal case of Peyton Polly, received and paid by the office of Governor Reuben Wood, March 10, 1852. Ralph Leete was prosecuting attorney for Lawrence County, Ohio, and led the legal effort to secure the freedom of family members in the case of Peyton Polly.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Bland Ballard letter to Ralph Leete, March 18, 1852
No full textCopy of a letter written by Bland Ballard of Louisville, Kentucky, inquiring about outstanding fees owed in the legal case of Peyton Polly, from the papers of Ohio Governor Reuben Wood. Ballard was a District Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky, while Leete was prosecuting attorney for Lawrence County, Ohio, and led the legal effort to secure the freedom of family members in the case of Peyton Polly.
Reuben Wood was governor of Ohio from 1850 through 1853, and was closely involved with the Peyton Polly case and attempts to secure the Polly family's release. Peyton Polly and his family were freedmen living in Lawrence County, Ohio, when they were kidnapped on June 6, 1850, and sold back into slavery in Kentucky and Virginia
Jere Nash Interview with Reuben V. Anderson
No full textInterview conducted by author Jere Nash with former civil rights attorney and Mississippi Supreme Court justice Reuben V. Anderson in the process of writing Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2006. Topics covered include Anderson\u27s family, religion, and education; Tougaloo College and the civil rights movement; attending University of Mississippi Law School; integation of Oxford locales; Jack Young; working as a civil rights lawyer in Jackson, Mississippi and for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Marian Wright Edelman; Lawrence Guyot; Lawyers\u27 Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Jackson; Judge Harold Cox; handling the credentials fight for the Loyalists at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; Charles Evers; Aaron Henry; generational differences among factions of civil rights activists; Charles Evers\u27 1968 congressional campaign; Robert Clark; appointed as municipal court judge; Russell Davis; Eddie McBride\u27s 1972 congressional race; political races of African American candidates; Cliff Finch and appointment to Hinds County Court; Jimmy Carter; William Winter and appointment to Hinds County Circuit Court; registering to vote; Bill Allain and appointment to the Mississippi Supreme Court; Fred Banks; and the Mississippi State flag vote in 2001
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