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Click to enlarge Title: Elias Clayton. Coroner's Reports, Duluth District. No. 60. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 15, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elias_Clayton_Coroners_Reports_Duluth_District_No_60-34.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Isaac McGhie. Coroner's Reports, Duluth District. No. 62. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 15, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Isaac_McGhie_Coroners_Reports_Duluth_District_No_62-35.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elias Clayton. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 60. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elias_Clayton_Coroners_Records_Duluth_District_No_60-37.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Isaac McGhie. Coroner's Records, Duluth District. No. 61. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County. Coroner. Coroner's Records
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Isaac_McGhie_Coroners_Records_Duluth_District_No_61-38.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elmer Jackson. No. 7430. June 30, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 30, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Coroner's Certificates
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elmer_Jackson_No_7430_June_30_1920-39.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Isaac McGhie. No. 7429. June 30, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 30, 1920
Place: St. Louis County, Minnesota
St. Louis County District Court. Coroner's Certificates
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Isaac_McGhie_No_7429_June_30_1920-41.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elmer Jackson. No 26871. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 1920
Place: Minnesota
Health Department. Death Certificates
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elmer_Jackson_No_26871-42.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Elias Clayton. No. 26873. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 1920
Place: Minnesota
Health Department. Death Certificates
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Elias_Clayton_No_26873-43.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from the Albert DeSilver to J. A. A. Burnquist, June 16, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_the_Albert_DeSilver_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_June_16_1920-53.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from Mary White Ovington to J. A. A. Burnquist, June 18, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 18, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_Mary_White_Ovington_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_June_18_1920-55.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from Walter F. White to J. A. A. Burnquist, July 23, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 23, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_Walter_F_White_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_July_23_1920-58.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from J. A. A. Burnquist to Walter F. White, August 12, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: August 12, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_J_A_A_Burnquist_to_Walter_F_White_August_12_1920-59.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from Walter F. White to J. A. A. Burnquist, November 29, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: November 29, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_Walter_F_White_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_November_29_1920-61.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from Walter F. White to J. A. A. Burnquist, December 11, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 11, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_Walter_F_White_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_December_11_1920-63.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from Mary White Ovington to J. A. A. Burnquist, July 6, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 6, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_Mary_White_Ovington_to_J_A_A_Burnquist_July_6_1920-64.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from J. A. A. Burnquist to Maud Craig, July 2, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 2, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_J_A_A_Burnquist_to_Maud_Craig_July_2_1920-66.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Letter from J. A. A. Burnquist to William T. Francis, July 10, 1920. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 20, 1920
Place: Minnesota
Governor. Burnquist, J. A. A. Records. Subject Files (File 648c)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Letter_from_J_A_A_Burnquist_to_William_T_Francis_July_10_1920-80.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Sentence Record. January 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 18, 1920
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Sentence_Record_January_1921-247.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Witnesses for Pardon Board. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate History and Record
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Witnesses_for_Pardon_Board-253.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: 1920 - 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Registers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148-256.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to Clifford L. Hilton, January 12, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 15, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_Clifford_L_Hilton_January_12_1921-263.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to The Associated Charities, January 12, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 12, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_The_Associated_Charities_January_12_1921-265.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. G. Durgin to Charles E. Vasaly, January 17, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 17, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_C_G_Durgin_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_January_17_1921-266.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. G. Durgin to Charles E. Vasaly, January 24, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 24, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_C_G_Durgin_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_January_24_1921-268.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to Carl John Alfred Hammerberg, January 28, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 28, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_January_28_1921-270.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. G. Durgin to Charles E. Vasaly, March 3, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 31, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_C_G_Durgin_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_3_1921-272.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Esther Larson to Minnesota State Reformatory for Men, March 22, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 22, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Esther_Larson_to_Minnesota_State_Reformatory_for_Men_March_22_1921-274.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from N. A. Talafous to Charles E. Vasaly, March 21, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 21, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_N_A_Talafous_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_21_1921-277.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to N. A. Talafous, March 23, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 23, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_N_A_Talafous_March_23_1921-278.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from A. E. Smedberg to Charles E. Vasaly, March 23, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 21, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_A_E_Smedberg_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_23_1921-280.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from O. J. Larson to Charles E. Vasaly, March 25, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 25, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_O_J_Larson_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_25_1921-282.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from R. H. Bulloch to Charles E. Vasaly, March 28, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 28, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_R_H_Bulloch_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_28_1921-284.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from John [illegible] to Charles E. Vasaly, March 29, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 29, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_John_illegible_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_March_29_1921-286.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to P. George Hanson & Son, November 23, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: November 23, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_P_George_Hanson__Son_November_23_1921-293.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Frederic C. Hanson to Charles E. Vasaly, November 23, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: November 23, 1921
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Frederic_C_Hanson_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_November_23_1921-295.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Carl John Alfred Hammerberg to Charles E. Vasaly, February 17, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 17, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_to_Charles_E_Vasaly_February_17_1922-298.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to Richard J. Fisher, March 2, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_Richard_J_Fisher_March_2_1922-300.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to C. G. Durgin, March 2, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_C_G_Durgin_March_2_1922-301.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Carl John Alfred Hammerberg to William Potter, March 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_to_William_Potter_March_1922-303.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Charles E. Vasaly to C. G. Durgin, March 9, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 9, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Charles_E_Vasaly_to_C_G_Durgin_March_9_1922-305.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from C. J. Johnson to D. H. Knickerbacker, June 27, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 27, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_C_J_Johnson_to_D_H_Knickerbacker_June_27_1922-311.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from D. H. Knickerbacker to Carl J. Silfversten, June 27, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 27, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_D_H_Knickerbacker_to_Carl_J_Silfversten_June_27_1922-316.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from Betsy Hammerberg to D. H. Knickerbacker, June 28, 1922. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 28, 1922
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_Betsy_Hammerberg_to_D_H_Knickerbacker_June_28_1922-318.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Carl John Alfred Hammerberg. Case No. 5148. Letter from W. F. McRae to Carl E. Hammerberg, June 3, 1976. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 3, 1976
Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota
St. Cloud Reformatory. Inmate Case Files
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Carl_John_Alfred_Hammerberg_Case_No_5148_Letter_from_W_F_McRae_to_Carl_E_Hammerberg_June_3_1976-383.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. List of Items Turned Over to Receiving Officer. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 28, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Case_No_6598_List_of_Items_Turned_Over_to_Receiving_Officer-396.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Record of Letters Received and Written. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 28, 1921 - March 18, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Case_No_6598_Record_of_Letters_Received_and_Written-397.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Record of Visits. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 28, 1921 - March 18, 1922
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Case_No_6598_Record_of_Visits-398.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Forwarding of Clothing. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 29, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Case_No_6598_Forwarding_of_Clothing-399.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Interview with Gilbert Henry Stephenson, February 15, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: February 15, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Case_No_6598_Interview_with_Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_February_15_1921-401.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Case No. 6598. Letter from Robert C. Stephenson to J. J. Sullivan, May 21, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: May 21, 1921
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
Stillwater State Prison. Case Files (Discharged Inmate Files)
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Case_No_6598_Letter_from_Robert_C_Stephenson_to_J_J_Sullivan_May_21_1921-402.001.php

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