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Official autopsy report of Branch Davidian Winston Blake

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Official autopsy report of Branch Davidian Winston Blake; U.K. Forensic and Scientific Evidence report on Blake and other British citizens from Greater Manchester Police; Dec. 30, 1993 letter from Assistant U.S. Attorney to Defense Council

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Handwritten memoir by Santiago Tafolla, Part I (Chapters 1-22; pages 1-76)

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Original handwritten manuscript written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009. Item is fragile; pages 73-76 are illegible in places; written in pencil.

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Handwritten memoir by Santiago Tafolla, Part II (Chapters 23-30; pages 1-55)

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Original handwritten manuscript written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009. Item is fragile; some pages are illegible in places; written in pencil.

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The first page of Fidel Tafolla's English translation of Santiago Tafolla's memoir

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The original handwritten manuscript was written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009.

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Evidence inventory list sample

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Inventory list of firearms and ammunition recovered from Mount Carmel site after the fire. Inventory of evidence recovered after 4/19/93.

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Statement of Dick Reavis

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Statement of Dick Reavis before testifying at the 1995 Congressional hearings on Waco

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Aerial photos of Mount Carmel, April 19, 1993

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Aerial photos of Mount Carmel on April 19, 1993, before and after fire starts, used as evidence in Andrade vs. Chojnacki civil court case. Includes cover page titled, "Timing of Aerial Photographs by Reference to FLIR Video."

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Sniper Log

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Sniper radio log of happenings in and around Mount Carmel during the April 19, 1993 assault.