Letter signed John O’Fallon Clark to Meriwether Lewis Clark, February 16, 1863
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- Clark Family Collection | <emph render="bold">Meriwether Lewis Clark Series</emph> | Samuel Churchill Clark and John O’Fallon Clark | Letter signed John O’Fallon Clark to Meriwether Lewis Clark. “I am a little man now sure enough; a great deal larger than you would expect; and most large enough to defend his country.” [This was John’s last letter before he was accidentally shot by a friend at Frankfort, Kentucky, on February 19. He died February 27, age 14, and was buried at Louisville, Kentucky, on March 1, 1863.] [accession number 59-0089], 1863 Feb 16
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