Sale No: 736
Lot No: 54
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1847 Oregon Trail Letter, a detailed, easily read three-page folded letter postmarked manuscript "Oregon Mo., July 19/47", but datelined July 11, Pacific Spring, at the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers; a very interesting account as the writer and his company of 18 wagons passes the continental divide, "changing the ascent for a descent". He tells of "the Pawnee indians - the worst tribe on the route" and of "the Sioux indians [who] stole one horse from our company & perpetrated some minor thefts but upon the whole are the finest specimens of the indians that I have seen". Also noted are a company of Mormon pioneers, with whom they traveled, and who had "all kinds of mathematical instruments & the most scientific means in the world with them" to determine altitude, longitude, latitude and barometric pressure. The letter was mailed by a "Mr. Finley of Illinois who spent some time in Oregon and is returning to the States (so called)", and who offered to drop the letter at the nearest post office. A marvelous letter with some internal splitting at the folds.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
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Opening US$ 2,100.00
Sold...US$ 2,100.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:48:12 EST
Sold For 2100
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