Lot
1107 
Indian Territory in Camp April 28, 1849, dateline on folded letter with manuscript postmark "Westport, Mo. 3 May" with matching "10" rate marking to Lode, Seneca Co., New York; carried privately from the trail to Westport; reads in part from "Augustus" to his father, "We have finally got under way and about one hundred miles in camp on prairie from Independence…average about twenty miles day…we have a well beaten road so far and will have some ways yet…the country is beautiful can see nothing but green prairies for hundreds of miles…give me this kind of life, never felt better in my life…", Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $525