In this letter from J.B. Roddenbery writes to Folks Huxford about a book that was recently published by Huxford. The letter blames the Civil war for destroying many family records preventing further genealogical research. In the last few paragraphs, the author writes about the foundation of Cairo and gives sources for a firsthand account of the towns founding.

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