[Salt Lake City U.T.] November 1 two line postmark on folded letter to North New Salem, Mass., both 5c due handstamp and 10c ("X") due handstamp, letter held until January 1 due to impassable mountain snows and finally arrived on January 31, 1852, original letter of Irene Hascall who writes a long letter on personal matters, a few interesting extracts from the letter include: “...The mail leaves this city for the states every month and arrives the same once every month...Mr. Pomeroy (Francis M.) is not altered much excepting older. he has been through a good many hardships in traveling. He has been to the coast (and) to the mines (California). He says it is perfect confusion. Drinking, gambling, cursing, swearing, murdering, burning and he would not stay there for all the gold there is there...he understands the Spanish (language) and was requested to go by the church (to) trade with the Spaniards...”

ex J. David Baker, Risvold and Walske (Image)