Lot
1025 
St. Louis Mo. Apr 1, cds with manuscript "25" cent rating on 1839 folded letter to New York N.Y., from William S. Wiggins reading in part "…I am going to the Oregon Territory and will start on the 4th of April whether I will come back or not is a think circumstance must decide.…You may think it strange that I should leave friends and home and go to the country inhabited by only a few Fur Traders and Indians but I think I have sufficient inducement although I am actuated in part by curiosity. I am going in the company of about 20 or 25 we will go from this place to the mouth of the Columbia River then go south along the coast and perhaps to California. I have been told there are 50 families at St. Charles that intend going this season. We will go on the horse back and kill or provisions on the road each man takes a mule and on it packs as many goods as he thinks proper to sell to the Indians and thereby clear expenses. Oregon is represented by all who have been there as one of the healthiest countries on the globe and in fertility of soil it is not surpassed by any land in the valley of the Mississippi. There is splendid Cod Fishery on the coast and rivers abound with Salmon…"; some edge wear and corner nick top left, Very Fine and interesting Pioneer Oregon Trail letter. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $525