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

Description: 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.
Date: August 15, 1875
Creator: Pratt, R. H.
Partner: United States National Archives and Records Administration

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

Description: Letter regarding the prisoners at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. The letter mentions the delivery of moccasins to the prisoners as well as lamenting the short terms of the Indian agents which is a detriment to the running of the agencies. The letter also mentions the living arrangements for the prisoners.
Date: August 14, 1875
Creator: Pratt, R. H.
Partner: United States National Archives and Records Administration
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