Lot
1015 
"Lexington Mo., Feby 22nd", manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 12½" rating on 1830 folded letter to Fulton Mo.; lightly overall toning, Very Fine and early. Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot
1016
Liberty Mo. Oct 30, fancy oval postmark and manuscript "Paid. 6" rating on 1835 folded letter to the Ray County Judge in Richmond Mo., letter from Benjamin Hancock saying he can not attend court and that he has "settled with the Auphants and one of them is at the Senica nation at work…", F.-V.F., a rare example of the fancy Liberty Mo. oval. Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot
1017
Liberty Mo. May 6, red cds and manuscript "10" rating on 1839 folded affidavit from Clay County Justice of the Peace certifying that Benjamin Hayes, publisher of the Far West newspaper had printed the affixed insolvent debtor notice four times; some file docketing and ink mark, F.-V.F., ex-Alexander. Estimate $300 - 400.
The flight of the Mormons from Far West caused serious financial repercussions in the area. This letter from Liberty contains a insolvent debtor notice that had been published four times in the Far West newspaper, the last time being April 11, 1839, nine days before the last of the Mormons left the state. The Far West newspaper was the official Mormon organ.
Realized: $280
Lot
1018
(Little Osage Mission) "Forwarded from Little Osage M., Aug 25th", manuscript postmark and "For - 5" rating totaled to "15" cents due on folded letter datelined "London, May 31st 1846" bootlegged to the U.S., red "New-York N.Y., 21 Jul" cds and manuscript "10" rating to Harmony Mission Mo., forwarded upon arrival to Calhoun, Very Fine and interesting use, ex-Alexander. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $130
Lot
1019
"Masonic College Mo., July 3rd", manuscript postmark and matching "10" cent rating on folded letter datelined "Masonic College of Mo., July 1, 1845" from J.W. Smith to Staunton Va., Very Fine, One of only three known examples of this rare postmark.. Estimate $300 - 400.
The Grand Lodge of Missouri opened the first Masonic College in Philadelphia in Marion Country in spring of 1844. The institution operated using facilities previously owned by Marion College, however, proving insufficient the school administration soon sought a new location. In 1847, the citizens of Lexington, subscribed $30,000 to relocate the college. On May 18th 1847, the Grand Lodge of Masons in Missouri laid the cornerstone of the Masonic College in Lexington.
Lot
1020
"Potosi, April 16.", manuscript postmark with "18½" cents rating on 1823 folded letter datelined "Botetourt County, Virginia" to Franklin Mo., remailed with "FRANKLIN, MO." two-line postmark and manuscript "Aug. 14" dating with "18½" cent rating totaled to "37" cents due to St. Louis Mo; some reinforced flaws and soiling, Fine and rare early forwarded use delayed 199 days. Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot
1021
(First Day of Statehood) St. Louis. Mo. Aug 10, black cds and red manuscript "Paid 25" cent rating on folded letter datelined "Fort Armstrong, June 18, 1821" from Maj. Morrell Marston of the 5th Infantry giving a graphic description of the customs and dress of the Sac and Fox Indians who lived in the area: "…Most of them appear to be comfortably & decently clad at all times, if we except grease & dirt; soap is an entire stranger to them, & their clothes are seldom if ever washed;-they never think of even washing their face and hands, indeed so long as the practice of oiling & painting their faces continues … As the men do little or nothing but fight, hunt, dress & dance, all the labor of building huts, making mats, dressing skins, & cultivating com falls on the women…Their huts are built in the shape of a one story country house, but covered with bark; some of them are sixty or eighty feet long…On the right & left of the door of a hut are platforms elevated four or five feet from the ground & covered with mats or skins, these platforms are used for both seats & beds…In the month of October after their com is ripe & gathered they all leave their villages for their hunting grounds; the old men, women & children go by water, the young men by land with their horses-their hunting grounds are on the head waters of the des Moine & Iowa Rivers, near the Missouri…"; top edge tear, still Very Fine and rare use. Estimate $500 - 750.
On August 10th 1821, Missouri became the 24th state to be admitted to the Union. This letter was written three weeks earlier at Fort Armstrong and carried privately to St Louis, where it arrived in time to receive that town's postmark on the day of statehood.
Realized: $2,800
Lot
1022
St. Louis Mo., Nov 23, red cds with manuscript "25" rating on folded letter from Col. Henry Leavenworth to Lieut. Baxby, 5th Regt. U.S. Infy, Baltimore Md., letter concerns addressee's furlough request; overall toning, Fine and scarce letter sent by the founder of Fort Leavenworth. Estimate $200 - 300.
On May 8th 1827, Henry Leavenworth established the fort on the Missouri River that bore his name. As early as March 7th 1827, Colonel Leavenworth was directed, with four regiments, to ascend the Missouri River and established a permanent Cantonment on it left bank. The fort was to be located within twenty miles of the mouth of the Little Platte River; its purpose was to protect travelers on the newly opened Sante Fe Trail. By early July, he began the erection of barracks for his soldiers and the post was named "Cantonment Leavenworth". Thus Leavenworth became the pernament site of the most important military post ever established by the Government in the West.
Realized: $400
Lot
1023
"S Louis Mo, Nov. 27", manuscript postmark and manuscript "Free" rating on 1829 folded letter to D. Waldo postmaster at Perkins Mo. concerning the foreclosure and auction of a mill in Gasconade County, Very Fine and very late manuscript St. Louis postmark, ex-Nettles. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $150
Lot
1024
St. Louis Mo., 24 May, bold sharp strike of cds on 1834 folded letter to Boston Mass. enclosing a $500 draft, fresh and Very Fine, ex-Nettles. Estimate $100 - 150.