Letter to Mr. Covington from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion

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Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. Letter requests a gratuity of sinew for bead work for the prisoners. Letter also mentions the prisoners making pocket money by constructing bows and arrows as well as doing bead work.

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Pratt, R.H. August 15, 1875.

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Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. Letter requests a gratuity of sinew for bead work for the prisoners. Letter also mentions the prisoners making pocket money by constructing bows and arrows as well as doing bead work.

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  • August 15, 1875

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Pratt, R.H. Letter to Mr. Covington from R.H. Pratt regarding prisoners at Fort Marion, letter, August 15, 1875; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1873095/: accessed June 5, 2023), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting United States National Archives and Records Administration.

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