DESCRIBING HOW A POSSE KILLED THE MAN IT PURSUED AND THE SUBSEQUENT DISTRIBUTION OF SLAVES LEFT IN THE VICTIM'S ESTATE,; in an autograph letter to M. F. Bolton, signed by Gould at Centerville, Leon Co., Texas, 14 May 1857.
4to. 4 pages, approximately 650 words. Folded for mailing, with some wear at the folds. In part: "...some account of the death of Dempsey Hays, who was shot some ten days since ... Hays was arrested by a constable with a posse of 7 men including Hardin [the defendant in..... More