Lot
1030 
"Shawanoe Jackson Co. Mo., Oct 28, 1833", dateline on folded letter carried privately to Clariton, entered mails with red manuscript "Chariton Mo. Novr. 1st" postmark and matching "18¾" rating to Capt. Sproule Buchanan, St. Louis Mo., letter from Isaac McCoy, Surveyor to the attention of Genl. William Clark, Supt. Indian Affairs with $500 bill of exchange for Jno. O. Agney "to defray expense of surveying Indian lands west of the State of Missouri", Very Fine, ex-Alexander. Estimate $400 - 600.
A post office was opened in 1832 and named "Shawanoe" for the Indian tribe who were being served by the missionaries. The first postmaster was missionary Dr. J. Lykins. John C. McCoy, son of Isaac McCoy designed a town plat in which the town name was changed from "Shawanoe" to West Port.
This letter was sent to the attention of General William Clark, who was serving as Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis. Clark was co-leader along with Meriwether Lewis on their epic journey of discovery over the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1804.
Realized: $450