Letter from Sergeant James E. Derwent to Charles Fellows, Regarding the Death of Cochise
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Handwritten fragment of a letter from Sergeant James E. Derwent to Charles Fellows.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1874
Holograph letter, accompanied by original envelope.
Sergeant Derwent, Company D, 5th United States Cavalry, was on the Chiracahua reservation when Cochise died. Charles Fellows was a personal friend of the sergeant.
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