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Letter, 1886 Feb. 17, Ariz. [to] Walter Allen, Boston, Mass.

1886
AZ 212
Collection Guide
Letter to Walter Allen From Bourke

John Gregory Bourke was an ethnologist, author, and U.S. Army soldier.

The collection contains a letter to Walter Allen of the Boston Advertiser, regarding the gift of a Chiricahua doll to Allen's daughter and Bourke's book An Apache Campaign in the Sierra Madre.

Included materials:
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Military
Collection Area:
Arizona & Southwest

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