Younger, Cole, 1844-1916 to Fannie Truman
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01694 Author/Creator: Younger, Cole, 1844-1916 Place Written: Stillwater, Minnesota Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 23, 1885 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 26 cm Order a Copy
Younger writes to his aunt while in prison in Stillwater, Minnesota. Discusses the travels of Captain and Mrs. Barton. Relates news received while in prison including Harts Bonnys' marriage on December 25 to Alice Sumner, and Ciry Jones' fall from his delivery wagon. Insists Frank James does not fit the description of anyone in the party at the Northfield, Minnesota bank raid in 1876 any more than the "man in the moon." Discusses the Missouri River waterway convention, scheduled to meet in Kansas City on December 29. Those expected to attend include "all the leading men of state," among them General Joseph Shelby and Fletcher Taylor. Comments that as the Bartons pass through the Missouri countryside, they can see the Younger family farms.
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