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- GLC#
- GLC00631
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- July 20, 1835
- Author/Creator
- Crockett, David "Davy", 1786-1836
- Title
- to The Truth Teller
- Place Written
- Tennessee
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
In the letter to a Tennessee newspaper, he denies that he accused Governor William Carroll of corruption, and defends Judge Heskill. Judge Heskill may be the same as a Judge Joshua Haskell, a Tennessee judge from this era who lived near Crockett. Asks the paper to question Carroll about his relationship with Martin Van Buren. Written eight months before his death at the Alamo.
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