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Letter from Charles Gilbert to "How", 1860-12-14

 Item
Identifier: 1981.008.4

Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter from Charles Gilbert to his nephew "How". How is almost certainly Howard Stanbury Abbot.

"...Well now then for the [hunt]--The party was made up of three officers and seven soldiers with a wagon tents [etc] we were mounted on mules and ponies and had two first rate dogs....This day we made a long journey about thirty miles seeing buffalo deeer antelope and the like--but we killed only three buffalo...."

Dates

  • Creation: 1860-12-14

Creator

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Extent

4 pages : Handwritten letter.

Language of Materials

English

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository

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