Lot
987 
(Missouri Territory) "Franklin Mo T., Jun 4", manuscript postmark with matching "25" cent rating on 1819 folded letter datelined "Chareton, May 24th 1819" to Baltimore Md.; light aging and corner flaw, Fine, One of only two recorded Missouri Territory usages. Estimate $200 - 300.
Franklin, founded in 1816, was once the metropolis of the Boone's Lick country, a central Missouri region taking its name from a salt lick worked by the sons of Daniel Boone. Kit Carson was apprenticed here to a saddler and George Caleb Bingham's father ran a hotel near the river front. At this time, Franklin was on the leading edge of the frontier. From here William Becknell, the "Father of the Sante Fe Trail", led the first trading expedition to Sante Fee in 1821 and took the first wagons over the route in 1822.
Realized: $475