United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324Jennings, Joe, boxing manager1927-07-12Letter from boxing manager Joe Jennings to Douglass Theatre manager Ben Stein, dated July 12, 1927, negotiating terms for a proposed boxing match at the Douglass Theatre. The letter responds to Stein's proposal of terms under which a boxing match at the Douglass Theatre might take place (see dbr002 of the Douglass Theatre Web site). Jennings tells Stein that the terms he has proposed for the match, wherein they split the profits evenly, are unfair, as Jennings must also pay for the transportation of his fighters and for advertising the fight. He proposes a different arrangement, wherein Stein would give thirty percent to Jennings for Texas Tanner and would pay the rest of the fighters out of the remaining seventy percent. Jennings asks for a new contract, advising that Tanner has three open dates.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.image/jpegtext/htmldbr003http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 19, folder 156, document 6.African American boxers--Georgia--MaconBoxing--Georgia--MaconBoxing matches--Georgia--MaconBoxing managers--GeorgiaBoxers--GeorgiaEntertainment events--Georgia--MaconSports promoters--FloridaArenas--Georgia--MaconProfessional sports contracts--Georgia--MaconStein, BenTanner, TexasDouglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Letter: Jacksonville, Florida to Ben Stein, Macon, Georgia, 1927 July 12Text