1854 Illinois- Indiana Chatham Post Office stampless cover letter-sad death Info

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Check it out...Here's a RARE & ONE-OF-A-KIND @ 8" wide by 12 1/2" long single-paged 1854 stampless cover. Single sheet of large paper has been folded for mailing with the recipient's name "Charles Anderson" written on back but no address-letter mentions the Chatham post office but I'm not sure in what state. The letter reads: "June the 6, 1854. Dear aunt – I know (now) take the opportunity to write to you that we are all well at present and I hope that these few lines may reach you and find you all enjoying the same blessing. Father got home safe and he neglect writing to and he wants to hear from you how you are getting a long gran (sic) paw is still living with us yet and he wants to come out to see you this fall if he could but he is not able to come he would like to see of you all once more in this world if he was able to travle (sic) we had but very poor crops of wheat hear (sic) last year but things look very positive here at the present time. We had some frost here on the first morning of June but not need to do any harm. Gran (sic) paw worries and family is all well at this present time. Gran (sic) paw worries and granmother (sic) thinks some of going to Illinois this fall on a visit. If things go on as they exspect (sic) they will. Nothing more at present but yours untill (sic) Death. I want you to write as soon as you receive these few lines. Mifs (sic) Elizabeth Harris (?) To Mifs (sic) Mary Eselman. Drect (sic) your letter to Chatham post office."- Great vintage historic item. How many of these survived? This is an ORIGINAL item...Not a reproduction item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required.
1854 Illinois- Indiana Chatham Post Office stampless cover letter-sad death Info
1854 Illinois- Indiana Chatham Post Office stampless cover letter-sad death Info
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Description
Check it out...Here's a RARE &
ONE-OF-A-KIND @ 8" wide by 12 1/2" long single-paged 1854 stampless cover. Single sheet of large paper has been folded for mailing with the recipient's name "Charles Anderson" written on back but no address-letter mentions the Chatham post office but I'm not sure in what state. The letter reads: "June the 6, 1854. Dear aunt – I know (now) take the opportunity to write to you that we are all well at present and I hope that these few lines may reach you and find you all enjoying the same blessing. Father got home safe and he neglect writing to and he wants to hear from you how you are getting a long gran (sic) paw is still living with us yet and he wants to come out to see you this fall if he could but he is not able to come he would like to see of you all once more in this world if he was able to travle (sic) we had but very poor crops of wheat hear (sic) last year but things look very positive here at the present time. We had some frost here on the first morning of June but not need to do any harm. Gran (sic) paw worries and family is all well at this present time. Gran (sic) paw worries and granmother (sic) thinks some of going to Illinois this fall on a visit. If things go on as they exspect (sic) they will. Nothing more at present but yours untill (sic) Death. I want you to write as soon as you receive these few lines. Mifs (sic) Elizabeth Harris (?) To Mifs (sic) Mary Eselman. Drect (sic) your letter to Chatham post office."-
Great vintage historic item. How many of these survived?
This is an ORIGINAL item...Not a reproduction item!
Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 4.95 postage is required.
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