Death
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
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Tabb Family Letters and Typescripts
Collection
Identifier: SC 01468
Scope and Contents
Two handwritten letters with accompanying typescripts detailing the circumstances of the death of George Tabb by gunshot wound caused by a Mr. Sovereign. The shooting was over a business transaction dispute concerning cattle. Tabb was shot at Fort Sumner in Texas and brought to Las Vegas for treatment of his wounds. Initially, his wounds were not grave, but by the time he arrived in Las Vegas to see a doctor, infection had spread and he died shortly thereafter.
The letters are both...
Dates:
1872 and undated
Found in:
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