Papers of J. Stoddard Johnston [manuscript], 1896.

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Papers of J. Stoddard Johnston [manuscript], 1896.

The papers consist of a speech on Thomas Walker's 1750 expedition to Kentucky, read before the Filson Club, November 3rd 1893, together with missing leaves from Dr. Walker's Journal from March 6-16, and April 10-20, 1750; and an explanatory letter, 1896 June 24, from Johnston to Jedediah Hotchkiss.

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