1878 Cheyenne River Agency DAKOTA TERRITORY Indian Trader Letter - Remarkable
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:10789167 | Modified Item: No |
| State: South Dakota |
Postal History
Terrific and early letter written in 1878 by an Indian Trader in at the Cheyenne River Agency in Dakota Territory (now South Dakota) - the writer was Robert Caton - originally from Plainfield, Illinois (southwest of Chicago near Joliet). He writes home about business conditions at the Agency, how much money he has tied up in furs and hides purchased from Native Americans, how he buys cider syrup and sells at a profit, the soldiers flock in every day for lunch an...d buy the cider and lunch, he gets a good deal of the soldier's business, writes about Indians that he trades with, how the goods he buys are shipped from Yankton via wagon etc etc.... See typewritten transcript in the scans. FULL SCANS provided for your research benefit.TERMS$3.00 postage in the United States. We accept Paypal.Postage combined for multiple purchases. Please wait for me to send the invoice, otherwise you will pay a higher rate.For International buyers, we utilize eBay’s Global ShippingProgram. We had too many packages sentvia the post office go missing. So webelieve this program will be safer for us and for you.We are members of the American Philatelic Society, the U.S.Philatelic Classics Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance and the IllinoisPostal History Society.We only sell genuine, original letters (no copies orreproductions). Some of our letters havebeen transcribed and nicely presented for future genealogists and history buffson the Spared & Shared blog.We have been selling on eBay since 1998. BID WITH CONFIDENCE !
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Terrific and early letter written in 1878 by an Indian Trader in at the Cheyenne River Agency in Dakota Territory (now South Dakota) - the writer was Robert Caton - originally from Plainfield, Illinois (southwest of Chicago near Joliet). He writes home about business conditions at the Agency, how much money he has tied up in furs and hides purchased from Native Americans, how he buys cider syrup and sells at a profit, the soldiers flock in every day for lunch an...d buy the cider and lunch, he gets a good deal of the soldier's business, writes about Indians that he trades with, how the goods he buys are shipped from Yankton via wagon etc etc.... See typewritten transcript in the scans. FULL SCANS provided for your research benefit.TERMS$3.00 postage in the United States. We accept Paypal.Postage combined for multiple purchases. Please wait for me to send the invoice, otherwise you will pay a higher rate.For International buyers, we utilize eBay’s Global ShippingProgram. We had too many packages sentvia the post office go missing. So webelieve this program will be safer for us and for you.We are members of the American Philatelic Society, the U.S.Philatelic Classics Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance and the IllinoisPostal History Society.We only sell genuine, original letters (no copies orreproductions). Some of our letters havebeen transcribed and nicely presented for future genealogists and history buffson the Spared & Shared blog.We have been selling on eBay since 1998. BID WITH CONFIDENCE !
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