Moore, John, 1826-1907 to James Kelly

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GLC#
GLC04193.03-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
20 October 1854
Author/Creator
Moore, John, 1826-1907
Title
to James Kelly
Place Written
Fort Meyers, Florida
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Responds to the drought and lack of food. Reports a visit to King Billy Bowlegs, presenting Bowlegs's sister with "rot gut" whiskey. Inquires about the upcoming county elections in Ohio. "I was out in the woods some distance about a week ago, with the Indian agent, to see King Bowlegs and twenty or thirty of his warriors. He was very polite, spread skins for us on the ground and an awning over head to keep off the sun. All passed off very orderly and quietly, the King and his warriors seated crosslegged around us. When Billy spoke all the others kept a respectful silence."

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