Worldwide United States (Forts - Unorganized Territory) Jeff Barrks Mo Apl
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(Forts - Unorganized Territory) Jeff Barrks, Mo, Apl 30 1834, fancy rope cds in yellow-brown with manuscript date and matching "10" rating on folded letter datelined Poland Oh. to Kanaskia Ill., endorsed "Favd Mr. Stoddard", reverse with note "Mr. Stoddard failed to take the contemplated journey & I have forwarded this by Lyman Foot M.D. of the U.S. Army, who is stationed at Jefferson Barracks."; some erosion on bottom edge, F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400. The letter bitterly complains of Andrew Jackson's closing the United States Bank: "We have long heard of distress abroad but we now feel it in reality. All of our banks have stopped discounting…What will be the end of Jackson's mad experiment I know not. Men of sense and information condemn, but the rabble still worship Juggernaut.". $0 (Image)