Thanks Kirby, some of the Talbot family, Fred Gibson I believe, had that document posted as a story in a family tree on Ancestry.com. By the way, I've been wanting a chance to tell you that your book has been a huge help with what we are working on in South Missouri. I've tried to mine the archives for everything you had to say during your discovery stage as well as post-publication period. You had a lot more than what you wrote, in my not so humble opinion. We may even be able to find a little bit of new info on good old Sam, the trail is leading in that direction. It's a cold trail, but I'm like my grandpa's bluetick, I don't need a fresh track to start bark'en.

Jim Morris
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