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Subject: Re: Unidentified subject! (FINDING OLD NEWSPAPER ARTICLES)
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 09:51:06 EDT

Dear D.R.T.
THAT was a LONG time ago..........but there is a possibility that a
library........or genealogy society......or Historical Society.....may have a
copy of a newspaper that old. The National Archive's have Union Lists of
Newspapers.....but you're going to have to do some real digging to find one
this old. I know that in WA State.....the State Archives will send Union
Lists of Newspapers to anyone wanting them.....for the State of WA.
Does anyone here know is the CA State Archives will do the same?
I've been very successful in finding old newspaper articles for my own family
in WA State.
How wonderful you have that letter.
Let us know if you have any success..........
xxxxxxxoooo
Louise King
La Jolla, CA
In a message dated 10/2/98 4:41:38 PM, wrote:

>George Gordon, the son of Abel and Ester Gordon, was killed in California
>in 1856. An old letter found in the home of his niece. The letter was
>folded 3 times to make 6 divisions, the letter was under a oil-cloth and
>stuck to the shelf leaving that portion.
>
>This letter was written to his parents in Indiana from a lawyer (name
>illegible).
>
>Weaverville, California, 12 July 1856. The letter stated that George
>Gordon and some other men had caught some Indians who had stolen their
>mules. They were going to kill the offenders and had some Indians present
>to witness the execution as a lesson to what happens to theives. One
>Indian refused to die and George Gordon in for a closer shot and got in
>the way of a Mr. Maydivice (spelling was illegible) and was shot instead.
>
>The writer of the letter said he wrote a full account in the Shasta
>Courier. He also stated that George Gordon obnoxious and his own worst
>enemy. There was no mention of a wife or children. From the letter I got
>the impression that he may have owned a store and his debts were greater
>that his assets.
>
>I would appreciate it very much to hear from anyone who can come up with
>a copy of the Newspaper article, are anything at all on George Gordon.
>
>D.R.T

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