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Letter from Sergeant James E. Derwent to Charles Fellows, Regarding the Death of Cochise, 1874 June 10

1874
AZ 322
Collection Guide

The collection consists of a letter from James E. Derwent, Sergeant in Company D of the 5th United States Cavalry, to personal friend Charles Fellows discussing the death of Apache leader, Cochise, on the Chiricahua reservation. Included is the holograph letter with the original envelope.

 

Included materials:
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Military
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Collection Area:
Arizona & Southwest

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