Letter : Frederick, Okla., to Whitelaw Sanders, Wamego, Kan., 1917 Oct. 11.

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Letter : Frederick, Okla., to Whitelaw Sanders, Wamego, Kan., 1917 Oct. 11.

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October 11, 1917, letter from McCleary to Whitelaw Sanders, in response to a request for an autograph, containing McCleary's reminiscences regarding the Cheyenne's March, 1869, release of captives Anna Belle Morgan and Sarah C. White, who had been abducted in Kansas the previous year.

1 item (1 leaf) ; 28 cm. + typed transcript.

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