United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324Lawson, Spider Jim1927-10-20Letter from Nashville-based boxer Spider Jim Lawson, dated October 20, 1927 on the letterhead of Negro Southern League baseball team, the Nashville Elite Giants, proposing a boxing match. Lawson mentions he will be visiting the area in about two weeks, following a boxing match in Tennessee, and expresses an interest in fighting Battling Jackson. He provides his weight, 158 pounds, and requests a reply.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/htmldbr007Blues, Black vaudeville, and the silver screen, 1912-1930s (Digital Library of Georgia) GAGALhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/African American boxersBoxers--GeorgiaBoxing matches--Georgia--MaconBoxing--Georgia--MaconSports promoters--Georgia--MaconEntertainment events--Georgia--MaconDouglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.)Lawson, Spider JimJackson, BattlingLetter: Nashville, Tennessee, 1927 Oct. 20Text