1883 Fort Bennett Dakota Territory - INDIAN TRADER LETTER, Great Content
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:22899385 | Certification: Original |
| State: South Dakota | Quality: Original |
| Place of Origin: United States | Grade: Original |
Postal History
Terrific 1883 letter written by an Indian Trader at Fort Bennett, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota) - writes about a cattle drive around the Moro River - see typewritten transcript in the scan. References Indians several times, and where they live, the Indians can't get across the high water rivers to trade, how they used ropes to get a cow and calf across the flooded river and more. At the last sentence, the writer references the "Agency" which wa...s the Cheyenne River Agency - stationed at Fort Bennett. The writer was Robert Caton, who hailed from Plainfield, Illinois near Joliet and Chicago. 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 1883 letter written by an Indian Trader at Fort Bennett, Dakota Territory (now South Dakota) - writes about a cattle drive around the Moro River - see typewritten transcript in the scan. References Indians several times, and where they live, the Indians can't get across the high water rivers to trade, how they used ropes to get a cow and calf across the flooded river and more. At the last sentence, the writer references the "Agency" which wa...s the Cheyenne River Agency - stationed at Fort Bennett. The writer was Robert Caton, who hailed from Plainfield, Illinois near Joliet and Chicago. 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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