Minister and local politician (1835-1920) who was directly involved in two significant events of the Hatfield-McCoy Feud, namely: he presided over the Hog Trial which preceded the feud, and later ordered the arrest of the three McCoy brothers who mortally injured Ellison Hatfield. ALS signed “Anderson Hatfield, & Capt. A. Hatfield,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, September 3, 1887. Handwritten letter to a lawyer, Mr. T. R. Brown, in part: "I will depend on your coming up here and I will pay your expenses and I am depending on you and your father as I am in trouble and if you can get us relieved we will pay you any fee in the bounds of reason and I will leave it to you and your father what course to take and we want peace and liberty." In fine condition, with a split to the end of the top horizontal fold. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, postmarked at Edgarton, Kentucky.
