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Description:
Letters and Covers, 19th Century American, Two Boxes. Approximately 250 individual letters, from the 1850s through to the early 1910s, the bulk from between 1860 and 1890; associated with the Hine family of Washington, Connecticut, and the Pond family, Minnesota pioneers and early missionaries to the Dakota Indians, the majority of the letters written from Shakopee, Minnesota, between 1854 and 1890; with many others originating from Fort Snelling; most of the letters are in their original envelopes with postage, a large archive documenting the lives of pioneering missionaries. (2)
Estimate $400-600
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