1845 – Letter from a wealthy Missouri landowner informing a boarding school headmaster that he will have one of his enslaved workers pick up his daughters for Christmas vacation by carriage or sleigh
Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded-letter measures 15½ x 9¾” unfolded. It is datelined “Glasgow [Missouri] Dec 16th 1845 and bears a circular postmark dated “Dec 91” (sic) and a manuscript “5” rate mark. It was sent by John [Strother] Harrison to “J. L. [Joshua Lazelle] Tracy” in Boonsville..... More