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Preferred Citation

Woodville G. Staubly letter, 1882 January 8. MS 0212. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Woodville Godfrey Staubly was born in 1856 in Petersburg, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1877 and went on to become a pharmacist. Staubly died sometime before 1903.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one letter (dated January 8, 1882) from Woodville G. Staubly to a Mr. Beckwith. The letter was written from Fort Grant, Arizona Territory. Staubly discusses the Native Americans condemned to death for a massacre at Fort Apache, and other aspects of United States government Native American policy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Indians of North America—Government relations—1869-1934
• Apache Indians—Wars
• Correspondence
• Fort Grant (Ariz.)
• Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1877