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Ft. Custer Trading Post ALS for Sharp's Rifles

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Ft. Custer Trading Post ALS for Sharp's Rifles
<B>Ft. Custer Trading Post Letter of Payment For Sharp's Rifles.</B></I> One page, on Borup & Company letterhead, 5.75 x 9, Ft. Custer, Montana, dated July 20, 1878, to the Sharp's Rifle Company, in fine condition. The letter reads in full: <I>Herewith find check for Invoice March 7th for $530.00. Excuse delay but the writer has been away & as the rifles were not to be shipped till last of April did not make provision for their payment. Should we not have a larger discount - could get same discount from any dealer & surely they make something. Understood we were to have largest discount.</B></I> Borup & Company were traders who trace their roots back to the fur trade in the early 19th century. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)