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Letter from J. L. McCorkle to his son, David W. McCorkle, with news of the burning of the Cherokee Female Seminary

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J. L. McCorkle wrote from Webbers Falls, Indian Territory to his son in Leavenworth, Kansas. McCorkle reported that the crops were not growing well and they have been without rain. Reported fires which destroyed 200 bales of cotton, business houses in Muskogee, and the Cherokee Female Seminary. The Cherokee Female Seminary burned Sunday last, which was April 10, 1887. Folder 538

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Title(s): 
Letter from J. L. McCorkle to his son, David W. McCorkle, with news of the burning of the Cherokee Female Seminary
Culture: 
Native American, Cherokee
Date: 
April 13, 1887
Materials/Techniques: 
pencil on paper
Classification: 
Manuscripts
Object Type: 
Letter
Accession No: 
4026.3544
Previous Number(s): 
75424
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
John Drew Manuscript Collection
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