Scope and Contents: Writing from Tremont, Ill., on Feb. 28, 1848, John Boyle included copies of affidavits from heirs of Maj. George Walls, claiming that he had received no pay or bounties for his service under George Rogers Clark in the American Revolution.
Wilbur Duncan of Decatur, Ill., donated the letter to the Survey in 1957.
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