From Lisbon Applegate to William Heryford, Jr.

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Title: From Lisbon Applegate to William Heryford, Jr.
Creator: Lisbon Applegate
Description: This letter, dated November 25, 1864, is from Lisbon Applegate in Keytesville, Chariton County, Missouri, to William Heryford, Jr. He informs Heryford that his hogs are “left in a bad fix” because “the negro boy Cyrus who was left by you to attend to them was this week taken away by the soldiers (his master having gone off with Price).” Applegate also reports the death of Heryford’s uncle and the shooting of a mutual friend, John R. Hyde.
Date: November 25, 1864
Local Subject: Surviving a Guerrilla War
Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
African Americans
People: Lisbon Applegate
Geographic Subject: Chariton County, Missouri
Owning Organization: State Historical Society of Missouri – Columbia
Location: Applegate, L.; C996, f. 80, July 1861 - February 1865, Item 21
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