The Tri-State Chinese Merchants association was formally organized. Joe Monton, Dundee, Miss., was named as the first president.
Records a formal merchant association and a named Mississippi president.
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A charter, incorporation, governance records, membership roster, finances, later continuity, legal sponsorship, or any school-related action.
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Does this show the association was based in Dundee?
No. It reports that the association was organised and that a man from Dundee was named its first president. Where a president lives is not where an organisation sits, and this notice was printed in a Memphis newspaper.
Mr and Mrs. S. W. Lee and Curtis Lee → reported traveling to attend → Tri-State Chinese Merchants Association
Mr and Mrs. S. W. Lee and Curtis Lee of Alligator left early this morning by motor car for Memphis to attend the Tri-State Chinese Merchants Association
The Clarksdale notice reports travel from Alligator to Memphis. It does not establish membership or office.
Case correspondence: show the relationship in the words
J. K. Young → requests two copies → printed case record
Request you send me two copies of the printed record in the case of Gong Lum et al. vs. Rice et al., No. 240 October Term, 1926. I am a Executive Secretary on above name Association.
A separate 1927 letter on United Chinese Merchants’ Association letterhead. It does not establish litigation funding or identity with the Tri-State association.
