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English
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Abstract
A manuscript letter from J.B. Charlton, Lewisburg, West Virginia, to U.S. Senator Waitman T. Willey, petitioning for relief
for the family of David S. Creigh and investigation into his execution. Creigh was sentenced to hang in 1864 by a court-martial,
for the alleged crime of killing a Union soldier who entered his home. The trial and ruling were controversial. More information
about Creigh can be found in A&M 2201, Preston Family Papers, box 1, and A&M 1561, Roy Bird Cook Papers, box 27, notebook
28.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], J.B. Charlton, Letter regarding the Execution of David S. Creigh, A&M
0606, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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