Lot
985 
(Missouri Territory) (Fort Bellefontaine) St Louis, Sep 9, clear strike of two-line postmark on folded letter datelined "St. Louis Sept. 6th 1816" from a military dispatch from Capt. Eli B. Clemson to C. Irvine, Commissioner General Purchases at Philadelphia; some light toning, F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300.
Captain Eli B. Clemson, had been in charge of the troops that established Fort Osage in 1808. He came to Fort Bellefontaine after Fort Osage was temporarily evacuated in 1813.
Realized: $325