United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729Frank, Leo, 1884-1915Alexander, Henry A. (Henry Aaron), 1874-1967Alexander, Marian Kline, 1895-1984Frank, Lucille Selig, 1888-1957Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951Slaton, John M.1915/1931Most of the materials in this folder include correspondence from 1915 between Leo M. Frank, Lucille Selig Frank (Leo Frank's wife), Henry "Harry" Alexander, Sr. (an Atlanta attorney who, in 1914, was asked to help in the appeals process for Leo M. Frank), and Alexander's wife Marian Kline Alexander. Topics covered include the changing of Frank’s sentencing, the aftermath of Governor John Slaton’s sentence commutation, Frank’s time at State Farm Prison in Milledgeville, Georgia, and trying to avoid typhoid there, as well as sympathies and thank-you letters from Lucille Selig Frank sent shortly after Leo Frank’s death. The folder also contains a letter dated October 30, 1931 from Abraham Cahan, journalist and editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish paper based in New York, to Henry "Harry" Alexander Sr. thanking him for assisting him with his research on the Frank tragedy.image/jp2enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Henry A. Alexander Sr. Papers, 1812-1998 (Mss 024)Trials (Murder)--GeorgiaFrank, Leo, 1884-1915--Trials, litigation, etc.Frank, Leo, 1884-1915--FamilyViolenceAttorney and clientTyphoid feverInvestigative reportingJournalism--United StatesAuthors, YiddishJewish lawyersClemencyExecutive powerAppellate procedureLawyersJews--Persecutions--Georgia--History--20th centuryJews--Persecutions--Southern States--History--20th centuryJews--Persecutions--United States--History--20th centuryAntisemitism--GeorgiaAntisemitism--Georgia--AtlantaAntisemitism--United StatesPrisoners--Georgia--Social conditionsPrisons--Georgia--MilledgevilleFrank, Leo M.- CorrespondenceText