Lot
1184 
Amity O.T. Jan 22, manuscript postmark with pen cancelled 1851 10¢ green, type III (15, right sheet margin showing guide line and large margins on other sides) included is original enclosure with lengthy contents & datelined "South Yamhill O.T. Dec. 19th 1855", the letter includes excellent contents and reads in part, "The war is still raging here with the Indians. The Rogue River Indians have killed some 40 or 50 men. The whites have killed about the same number. The difficulty is not settled, instead the Rogue River and the Umpqua are constantly burning houses and killing families. The last account from the Indians north or rather up the Columbia River has been very good. The whites succeeded in taking Fort Walla Walla where the Indians were forted. The whites lost five men and killed 150 Indians.", the letter is datelined a second time "January the 5th, 1856" and reads in part, "You must excuse me for neglecting to finish my letter we have had very cold weather since I left off writing the river has been froze over so that the steamboats could not run and my letter would not went if I had finished it", the letter goes on to tell of conditions in Oregon, Extremely Fine.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF THE FINEST WESTERN TERRITORIAL COVER IN EXISTENCE.
Realized: $2,100