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Reconciling the "mystery letter" : Frémont's fourth expedition, John Kern Strecker, and the Baylor University Museum.
Found amongst the collections of the Mayborn Museum Complex, the subject of this thesis is an enthralling fragment of a "Mystery Letter." Written in 1849 by Benjamin J. Kern, a surviving member of the Fourth Frémont Expedition, the letter weaves a harrowing tale of starvation, mutiny, and …