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Detroit [Michigan Territory] 26 Feby [1820], red manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 50" and additional black "Paid" on four-page folded letter to New York, datelined "Detroit Feby 26 1820" and reads, in part, "…I enclose you a draft for $100. I will thank you to buy for me, on account of the U.S., a first-rate spy glass, a portable thermometer, a small mariner's compass, two good pocket compasses, two nautical almanacs for this year, and a measuring tape. And on my own account, a translation of Father Hennepin and Charlevoix, Volney's Travels, Henry's Travels in Canada, and Mackenzie's recital of explorations respecting the Indians, and any other works calculated to reflect light upon subjects connected with our proposed tour…" signed "Lewis Cass" (then Governor of Michigan Territory), horizontal file fold through manuscript markings, F.-V.F.Estimate $400 - 600.
Lewis Cass was the second Governor of Michigan Territory, serving from Oct 13, 1813 to Aug 1, 1831.
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Realized: $800