Letter, David M. Cohen, Norfolk, Virginia to Myer Myers, Norfolk, Virginia, 1871
- Containers:
- Box 3, Folder 41
- Scope and content:
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Cohen, a nephew of Myer Myers, asks to be given the dueling pistols that Myer possesses. These pistols are the ones used in the duel between James Barron and Stephen Decatur. Myer responds at the bottom of the letter that they are family heirlooms and must stay at the homestead, to be passed down to future heirs. [also in folder is modern magazine clipping, undated, of picture of these pistols in their case.]
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