Contributed by Nita Keider nkeider@mindspring.com
The letter was written by William Pemberton to Peter Gordon Voorhies, July 3, 1835.
William Pemberton was Peter Voorhies brother-in-law. Peter Gordon Voorhies married Mary Pemberton from around Frankfort, Kentucky. Peter Gordon and some of his sons came to Louisiana after 1820. His son, Daniel Voorhies founded the Voorhies family in Rapides Parish.
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