Lot
1067 
Beaties Prairie, Ark. Sept 1st, manuscript postmark (1846) with matching "10" rate on light blue folded letter to Pennsylvania; lengthy letter datelined "Canaan Aug 27th 1846" with contents from David Z. Smith informing his parents of their daughter's (his sister's) death, going into great detail on the event; some edge wear, vertical file fold with small tear at top, Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Beattie's Prairie, in Benton County, Arkansas, is known for being a place where Cherokee parties disembarked during the Trail of Tears in 1839 to set up their new community and where the Battle of Old Fort Wayne (also called the Battle of Beattie's Prairie) took place in 1862 during the Civil War.
Realized: $325