(Missouri) "Rossville M.T., 2d Febry 1817", manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 37½" rating on 1817 folded letter addressed to the Circuit Court of Livingston County Kentucky, the enclosed deposition gives the details of a purchase of Negro slaves from a half breed Indian "who lived in the Cherokee Town on white river in this Territory…"; file folds and soiling, Fine. Estimate  $500 - 750. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED ROSSVILLE USAGES KNOWN. There is no record of this town in the archives, though this letter is a disposition given in New Madrid County. There was a ferry across the Mississippi River diagonally south of Cairo, Ill. operated by John Ross. It was called Ross' Point and was then in New Madrid County, though the site is now in Mississippi County. It is believed that this was Rossville. $0 (Image)