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Letter from R. M. French to Wm. West concerning two escaped convicts

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R. M. French was the High Sheriff and was writing to William West the sheriff of the Canadian District in the Cherokee Nation. The letter gives the names and descriptions of two convicts who escaped from the insane asylum on the afternoon of July 19, 1882. The names of the two convicts were Isaac Daugherty and Doast Bennette. Folder 477

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Title(s): 
Letter from R. M. French to Wm. West concerning two escaped convicts
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
July 19, 1882
Materials/Techniques: 
ink on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Letter
Accession No: 
4026.2061
Previous Number(s): 
75234
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Drew Manuscript Collection
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