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Letter from Simon Tricksey, Sr., in Sunflower, Alabama, to Governor Benjamin Miller, and the response written by John H. Peach, Governor Miller's legal advisor.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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In the first letter, written July 7, 1933, Tricksey explains that he is an African American with a large family to support. He has just lost his job with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and he asks the governor to help him get employment or financial assistance. In the second letter, written July 25, 1933, Peach explains that the RFC has reduced its funding for Alabama; he suggests that Carter contact relief organizations in his county.
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600 Ppi Tiff
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1933 July 1933 07
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