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Northwest Territory Letter

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Northwest Territory Letter
<Our item number 141106><B>Northwest Territory Letter.</B> A fine content and extremely early letter from Chillicothe, Ohio, written only four years following its founding in 1796. Autograph letter signed, 3pp, 7½ &#34; x 8¼ &#34;, Chillicothe, [Northwest Territory], January 6, 1800, to George Bowman in Lebanon, Pennsylvania reporting on the erection of a still, crop and whiskey prices, and other news including the tragic death of several settlers who were killed by a tree which fell on their tent in the middle of the night. &#34;…we have Built a Still house about two Miles from town But we have not begun Stilling yet but I hope we will begin in about two weeks time, we have Tradet [sic] a good Many of our goods away for Corn, and We mean to Still the most Part Corn we have …we have Some Rie [sic] twoo, but not Much yet, perhaps we will go to Cantucky [sic] Some time this winter and fetch a boat Load of Rie there…&#34; Offered together with a manuscript ocument signed by John Bowman, 2pp, 8&#34; x 12½&#34;, Chillicothe, March 5, 1800, appointing George Bowman of Pittsburgh &#34;my true and lawful attorney… …&#34;. Documents from the Old Northwest Territory are quite scarce on the market and provide us with an important record of the early American settlements there. Very good; some paper replacement and both documents silked. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;500 - 750. <BR><BR>Our item number 141106<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/49jpegs/141106.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>