(Missouri) "St. Charles, November 27", manuscript postmark and matching "12½" on folded letter datelined "Portage de Sioux 23 November 1819" addressed to Pierre Menard, Lieutenant Governor at Kaskaskia Ill.; some small address panel mends, Fine and rare use. Estimate  $500 - 750. St. Charles is on the Missouri River, just west of its juncture with the Mississippi River. This letter is to Pierre Menard, a famous fur trader who at one time was a partner of Manuel Lisa, the Chouteaus and in the Missouri Fur Company. By 1819 he had become Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. $0 (Image)