Lot
1187 
Lawn Arbor O.T. Sept 22, manuscript postmark with pen cancelled 1851 10¢ green, type III (15, four margins) on cover to Warsaw, N.Y., included is original enclosure datelined "South Yamhill August the 24/56", letter talks of a loss of a baby son, Indians and condition in Oregon and reads in part, "The 26 of last June we were blessed with the son, but for some cause or other the Lord did not let us keep it long. It only lived five hours. We could hardly be reconciled to it. Little Mary is almost four years old. She talks a great deal about her little brother. She said she wants God to take her where her little brother is. The Indian Reservation of Oregon is 12 miles from my claim. There is where I was to work. There is about 3000 Indians on the reserve. It extends nearly 100 miles South. All of the Indians in Southern Oregon have given up fighting and are on this reserve but the Indians north and east of the Cascades are still fighting. They have had some late battles and killed a good many Indians but few whites were killed.", Very Fine.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
A LOVELY AND UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT TOWN MARKING FROM OREGON TERRITORY WITH A FASCINATING LETTER.
Realized: $1,800