Lot
1035 
(Mississippi River - Arkansas Territory) 1809 (Dec. 23) Washington D.C. to Arkansas, Territory of Louisiana, folded letter datelined "Washington City 23rd December 1809" from John Treat to his brother Samuel recently appointed Indian Agent at Chickasaw Bluffs by General William Clark, some good content "…for unusual circumstances I have been requested to wait at first the arrival of the late Louis Ferris & after and Gen. Clark who two days ago reached here, therefore I probably shall leave this for Pittsburgh on my way down the Rivers…Also inquiring was of the same person if he remembers driving the two Dun horses in a sleigh, employed & transporting the public petry & furs in the neighborhood of Niagara, when two bales where wholly missing and also was at another time a barrel of whiskey which of course article to warm the stomach of a driver employed in transporting its if I remember right from shipping 10 or 12 miles…", Very Fine and early inbound letter. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $450