Letter to Burton Avery, K-123 from H. K. Ramsey with envelope

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6.1a (envelope): An off-white, open envelope addressed to [BURTON AVERY, K-123 / CENTRAL SQUARE, N.Y.] with the following return address [RETURN TO / J.E. MACQUINN / 1325 MASS. AVE., N.W. / WASHINGTON, D.C.], postmarked, September 7, 1928. In the upper right corner is a red, United States, six cent stamp with a portrait of President James A. Garfield, affixed upside down. 6.1b (letter): A typewritten letter on Ku Klux Klan letterhead from H.K. Ramsey, Imperial Klaliff, to Faithful Klansman, dated September 4, 1928. The letter refers to an enclosure, a booklet entitled, Constitution and Laws of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Incorporated, which according to the letter, was amended at the Klonvokation. The letterhead has a top, center banner that reads [Imperial Palace / Imperial Empire / Knights of the Ku Klux Klan / Incorporated / Atlanta, Georgia].

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