1883 Dakota Territory - INDIAN TRADER LETTER, Describes Living Conditions
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:10798695 | Modified Item: No |
| State: South Dakota |
Postal History
Marvelous Native American INDIAN TRADER letter written December 5, 1883 by Robert Caton in Fairbanks, Sully County, Dakota Territory (South Dakota) and sent his parents back in Plainfield, Illinois (we know Robert hailed from Will County near Joliet and Plainfield, southwest of Chicago). He writes about problems finishing up his house, difficulties finding a carpenter, he says the house "isn't a thing of beauty" but it keeps the wind out, his cook stove keeps it... warm, "got a bed in one corner...." water barrel in another corner, each barrel lasts up to 3 weeks, keeps food boxes in another corner, piles the wood underneath, keeps a library shelf, keeps potatoes wrapped in an old tent since he didn't dig a cellar, he fries up beefsteak and spuds for dinner, doesn't have butter so he uses condensed milk as a substitute.... he directs future mail to Fairbanks where he says the stagecoach will stop.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 will pay a much higher postage rate!For International buyers: We are now using eBay's Global Shipping Program. We had too many packages sent via the post office go missing. So we believe this program will be safer for us - and for you.We're members of the American Philatelic Society, the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance and the Illinois Postal History Society.We only sell genuine, original letters (no copies or reproductions). Some of our letters have been transcribed and nicely presented for future genealogists and history buffs on the Spared & Shared blog. We've been selling on eBay since 2001. BID WITH CONFIDENCE.
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Marvelous Native American INDIAN TRADER letter written December 5, 1883 by Robert Caton in Fairbanks, Sully County, Dakota Territory (South Dakota) and sent his parents back in Plainfield, Illinois (we know Robert hailed from Will County near Joliet and Plainfield, southwest of Chicago). He writes about problems finishing up his house, difficulties finding a carpenter, he says the house "isn't a thing of beauty" but it keeps the wind out, his cook stove keeps it... warm, "got a bed in one corner...." water barrel in another corner, each barrel lasts up to 3 weeks, keeps food boxes in another corner, piles the wood underneath, keeps a library shelf, keeps potatoes wrapped in an old tent since he didn't dig a cellar, he fries up beefsteak and spuds for dinner, doesn't have butter so he uses condensed milk as a substitute.... he directs future mail to Fairbanks where he says the stagecoach will stop.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 will pay a much higher postage rate!For International buyers: We are now using eBay's Global Shipping Program. We had too many packages sent via the post office go missing. So we believe this program will be safer for us - and for you.We're members of the American Philatelic Society, the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance and the Illinois Postal History Society.We only sell genuine, original letters (no copies or reproductions). Some of our letters have been transcribed and nicely presented for future genealogists and history buffs on the Spared & Shared blog. We've been selling on eBay since 2001. BID WITH CONFIDENCE.
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