Autograph letter signed to John Caldwell Tidball on life on the New Mexico fort

by New Mexico Territory, Henry Lane Kendrick

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4pp. Folded 8vo sheet. Usual folds, minor staining. Item #369962 A letter written from the commander of Ft. Defiance in New Mexico Territory, describing life at the fort and on movements against Native Americans following the murder of an indian agent. Fort Defiance, established in 1851 in Navajo Territory, was the first military post in what is now Arizona.In the present letter, Kendrick writes to John Caldwell Tidball 1825-1906

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