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Letter, John Bell Brownlow in Washington, D.C. to J. M. Thornburgh, 1889 October

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note ALS. Says that he examined the arrest docket and saw that a L. Campbell was arrested for drunkenness and was told by officers present that this was L. C. Houk, who had loudly Proclaimed...he would have them all dismissed for arresting a congressman. Describes Lt. Colonel George B. Corkhill, a district attorney and Houk's friend, as a fit companion for Houk...one of them has not been drunk for years past, that the other has not an ...
Dates: 1889 October