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Major Bought One - - Uncle Jack” Coats, colored, who was General Francis Marion Cockrell’s body servant during the war, and who lives in Columbia, made two baskets, one of which he sent to President Wilson and the other to Governor Major.
In a few day “Uncle Jack" received a note from the governor In which he was assured that the governor appreciated the remembrance and he also enclosed a check for $2.50. President Wilson also wrote a note of thanks to “Uncle Jack.” - Columbia Tribune.Date(s) of Creation
10/13/1916
