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BROCKTON, Mass.—The address on the envelope appeared to be written in blue crayon. The letter was in blue ink, scrawled across simple lined paper apparently ripped from a notebook

 
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The letter, postmarked March 9, 1954, was the first of four that the late Brockton boxing legend received in a three-month span threatening to kill his wife and daughter if he won a June 17, 1954, bout with Charles, according to files recently released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.