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Leo Frank clemency file

Application for Executive Clemency and supporting documentation filed by Leo Frank in 1915.

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Date of Original
1915-04-22/1915-06-21

Subject
Trials (Murder)--Georgia--Atlanta
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915--Trials, litigation, etc.
Georgia. Prison Commission
Slaton, John M.

Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798

Medium
administrative records
correspondence
letters (correspondence)
memorandums
petitions
records (documents)
texts (document genres)

Type
Text

Description
The file includes documentation of Leo Frank's appeal for clemency to the Georgia Prison Authority and to Georgia Governor John M. Slaton in April, May, and June of 1915. Frank, the Jewish superintendent at the National pencil factory, was found guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan in 1913. After several appeals from June of 1914 to April of 1915, Frank's sentence was upheld. Frank then appealed for clemency. Correspondents include A. W. Cozart, William H. Felton, Thomas W. Loyless (Augusta Chronicle), Andrew J. Cobb, A. M. Hughlett, Russell K. Smith, a group of Atlanta Ministers,T. B. Rice, J. L. Kinineyham, Hugh M. Dorsey, Hannah G. Franklin, A. G. Powell, and T. L. Gantt. The file also contains Frank's application, the recommendations of the Prison Commission and of T. E. Patterson, and Slaton's decision to grant Executive Clemency.

Metadata URL
http://cdm.georgiaarchives.org:2011/cdm/landingpage/collection/frankclem

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Georgia Archives

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Collection Name Leo Frank Clemency File

1. Decision by Georgia Governor John M. Slaton to grant Executive Clemency to Leo Frank

Date of Original:: 1915-06-21
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

2. Recommendation of Georgia Prison Commission to Governor John M. Slaton to decline the application of Leo Frank for Executive Clemency

Date of Original:: 1915-06-09
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

3. Letter of Russell K. Smith to the Georgia Prison Commission and Governor John M. Slaton

Date of Original:: 1915-05-29
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

4. Letter of A. M. Hughlett to W. Woods White

Date of Original:: 1915-05-27
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

5. Letter of Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor General, Atlanta Circuit, to R. E. Davison, Georgia Prison Commission Chairman

Date of Original:: 1915-05-22
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

6. Letter of William H. Felton to Prison Commission

Date of Original:: 1915-05-22
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

7. Letter of A. W. Cozart to the Georgia Prison Commission and Governor John M. Slaton

Date of Original:: 1915-05-21
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

8. Letter of Andrew J. Cobb to G. H. Yancey, Georgia Prison Commission Secretary

Date of Original:: 1915-05-20
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

9. Letter of A. G. Powell to Georgia Prison Commission and Governor John M. Slaton

Date of Original:: 1915-05-19
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

10. Letter of T. B. Rice to R. E. Davison

Date of Original:: 1915-05-17
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

11. Petition of Hannah G. Franklin to the Georgia Prison Commission on behalf of Leo Frank

Date of Original:: 1915-05-17
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

12. Letter of Thomas W. Loyless (Augusta Chronicle) to the Georgia Prison Commission

Date of Original:: 1915-05-13
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

13. Letter of J. L. Kiningham to R. E. Davison

Date of Original:: 1915-05-10
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

14. Letter of T. L. Gantt to R. E. Davidson, Georgia Prison Commission Chairman

Date of Original:: 1915-04-30
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

15. Application of Leo Frank for Executive Clemency from Georgia Governor John M. Slaton

Date of Original:: 1915-04-22
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

16. Notification to B. H. Hill of the application by Leo Frank for Executive Clemency

Date of Original:: 1915-04-22
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

17. Notification to Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor General, Atlanta Circuit, of the application by Leo Frank for Executive Clemency

Date of Original:: 1915-04-22
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

18. Memorandum of Recommendation by T.E. Patterson, Georgia Prison Commissioner, regarding the application for Executive Clemency by Leo Frank

Date of Original:: 1915
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

19. Petition of Atlanta Ministers to the Georgia Prison Commission and Governor John M. Slaton to commute the sentence of Leo Frank

Date of Original:: 1915
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives

20. Untitled fragment implying opposition to the commutation of Leo Frank's sentence

Date of Original:: 1915
Collection:: Leo Frank Clemency File
Holding Institution:: Georgia Archives