Letter : Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to Mrs. Frances Roberts, Cahawba, Dallas County, Ala., 1834 Dec. 4.

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Letter : Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to Mrs. Frances Roberts, Cahawba, Dallas County, Ala., 1834 Dec. 4.

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Dec. 4, 1834, letter from Lieut. Joseph P. Harrison, Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to his aunt, Mrs. Frances Roberts, near Cahawba, Ala., concerning family affairs and his support of his aunt's possible move to Texas, "one of the finest countries in the world to get rich in."

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