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Dear Mr. President:
We the members of the Minister's Council of Galveston, Texas, ask and do hereby petition The Executive Head of our Government to reopen the case of the Texas City imprisonment, which occurred August 18, 1915. And ask that some remuneration be made for loss and damage of property. And redress be given the 500 Negroes who were shut up in prison without charge or crime. Respectfully submitted,
W.H. Logan
Pres.
W.L. Turner
Sec'y