Letter from Billy Ellis to Robert Brown (September 11, 1936)

dc.creator	Ellis, Billy
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-25T16:15:52Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-25T16:15:52Z
dc.date.issued	1936-09-11
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/61978
dc.description	Letter from Billy Ellis (of Hunnewell, Kansas) to Robert Brown informing him that he saw the meteorite, and that it appeared to fall outside of his town. He further invited Brown to come have a look in the area for fragments.
dc.relation	Oscar Monnig Papers (MS 124)
dc.rights	Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph.
dc.source	Series III, Box 05, Crescent, Okla., 1936-1972 folder
dc.subject	Meteorite
dc.subject	Crescent meteorite
dc.subject	Logan County (Okla.)
dc.subject	CM2 carbonaceous chondrite
dc.subject	Ellis, Billy
dc.subject	Brown, Robert
dc.title	Letter from Billy Ellis to Robert Brown (September 11, 1936)
dc.type	Document
dc.description.transcription	Opened by Robt L Brown first Ans 9/11/36 Hunnewell, Kans., August 20, 1936. Mr. Robert Brown, Burleson, Texas, Dear Sir: I read in the Blackwell paper that you were going to search for the meteor which streaked across Northern Okla. Last Monday Evening. I live at Hunnewell, Kansas, about twenty-one miles northwest of Blackwell, and I happened to see the meteor. It appeared to fall south of Hunnewell. Come up and I will help you search for it. Very truly, Billy Ellis.

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