Letter from Joseph Jackson to General Enoch H. Crowder -June 14, 1918
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The Company Day School 51st and Ward Ward parkway Kansas City, [Missouri]. Ralph I Underhill, Head Master. Kansas City [Missouri] June 14, 1918. General Crowder. Dear Sir I rite you to ask you a favor to me iff you please I am colard man I no you are the man over the draft Board I ask you to please let me go in the tatchment of colard boys aat [Fortr Leavenworth] Kansas and Dear Gental Please Let me go I has been waten for the coll so long iff you wold notifid the Local board No.4 Ft. Worth Texas 601
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| Title | Letter from Joseph Jackson to General Enoch H. Crowder -June 14, 1918 |
| Creator | Jackson, Joseph |
| Source | Jackson, Joseph. Letter from Joseph Jackson to General Enoch H. Crowder. 14 June 1918. Crowder, Enoch H. (1859-1932), Papers, 1884-1942. C1046. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this letter, Joseph Jackson, an African American man from Kansas City, Missouri, wrote General Enoch H. Crowder and asked Crowder to go to Fort Leavenworth for training and the ability to fight in the War. This document is part of a collection compiled by Enoch Herbert Crowder, the Edinburg, Grundy County, Missouri native who served as Judge Advocate General. Crowder devised the Selective Service Act in 1917 which drafted America's forces during World War I. |
| Subject LCSH | Crowder, E. H. (Enoch Herbert), 1859-1932; Draft; World War, 1914-1918--African Americans; Fort Leavenworth (Ks.) |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Selective Service Act of 1917; Selective Draft Act |
| Site Accession Number | C1046 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | June 14, 1918 |
| Language | English |