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1846 Victoria Texas Gun Battle

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1846 Victoria Texas Gun Battle

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Auction Date:2010 May 20 @ 05:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd. #555, Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
Handwritten letter to Mr. William Clark Young and his wife, Mehetable Swift Young informing them of the death of Mehetable's younger brother, Madison Swift, in a Victoria Texas gun battle. Dated 5 August 1846 and composed by Swift's widow who gives an account of his death. Excerpt: ''...Madison...was kild...by a man by the name of Burnes they had some difficultly between them...Madison shot Burnes through the heart and Burnes shot Madison through the head...'' Accompanied by cover. Very good condition.