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Z 0425.000
FOSTER (ANTHONY) PAPERS

1867 - 1868

Records (typewritten copies) of the trial of General Anthony Foster, of Sardis, Mississippi, charged with murdering Dr. Augustus M. Settle on October 5, 1867, before a military commission at Holly Springs. The volume contains the diary of Foster from Oct. 10, 1867, to Jan. 8, 1868 (pp. 27); the transcript of the testimony and the record of acquittal (pp. 111); and the speeches of the defense attorneys, W. S. Featherston and L. P. Cooper.