Statement by the Present Mayor and Town Commissioners of Durham

Statement by Durham officials concerning the expulsion from town of Knights of Labor organizer E. G. Jordan, "notoriously regarded as an anarchist, who boldly and defiantly declared his principles, and who sought to instill those notions in the negroes." Signed "Geo. W. Woodward, Clerk Board Town Commissioners." Handwritten at the bottom: "Mayor-- W. J. Christian. Town Commissioners-- Washington Duke, T. D. Jones, R. D. Blacknall, J. S. Mangum, J. F. Corbett, C. M. Herndon, R. G. Lea."

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