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Manson
Letter to the Editor |
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This
is a Letter to the Editor of the Anderson Valley Advertiser
in Boonville, California written from prison by Charles Manson. It
was in response to an article Manson saw in the newspaper that a
fellow prisoner had received. This reply was published in the June 25, 2008 issue of the newspaper.
Manson
and some of his Family stayed in this area for awhile in 1968 at a
house rented by "five girls from San Francisco." Nine
adults and four juveniles were arrested in June of that year by
authorities who found "quantities of marijuana, LSD and other
drugs." Among those arrested was a Sadie Mae Glutz, an alias used by the
Manson Family.
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Newspaper
articles provided by Deborah Silva.
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This
is a scan of the letter hand written by Manson. Note the
crossed-circle drawn in the fifth line used to denote the world.
There is also a swastika drawn above the name Manson in his
signature. What is written on the side of the letter reads,
"PAPER WAST(E) tak(e)s
Air world order is Air first". This would
go along with his A.T.W.A. beliefs (Air Trees Water Animals).
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This
is a scan of a card included with the letter to the Anderson Valley
Advertiser newspaper. Note the swastika-like
drawing on top of the name Manson in the signature.
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This
is a black and white scan of the envelope used to send the letter to the Anderson Valley
Advertiser newspaper. Again, note the crossed-circle and the swastika-like
drawing on top of the name Manson in the return address.
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This
is a scan of a legal document signed by Manson that was used to
verify the authenticity of the signature on the card, letter and
envelope.
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Above
original letter, card, envelope and document scans courtesy of Mark Scaramella (AVA) and
provided by Deborah Silva.
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This
is an enlargement of the crossed-circle drawn on the letter. The
circle was started at the top going to the left but not quite
completing the circle. The triangle was drawn next from the left
to the top to the right. The bottom of the triangle was drawn left
to right. The vertical line was started almost where the circle
was ended going up then down and then the horizontal line was made
left to right. Finally, FOUR
DOTS were
placed in the quadrants of the circle.
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This
is an enlargement of the crossed-circle drawn on the envelope. The
circle was started at the top going to the left and continued,
without stopping, to make the vertical line. The horizontal line
was then drawn left to right.
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