January 25, 2024
1867 Shell Rock IOWA letters (2) PRAIRIE TOWN DESCRIBED, POPPING CORN, FAMILY
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Here's two envelopes, each with a manuscript postal marking for Shell Rock Ia, each with a three cents stamp on it. One is addressed to Mr Wm Brogue, Balston Springs, Saratoga county NY, and the other to Mrs Wm Brogue, Charlton, Saratoga co., NY. Each has an enclosed letter, written by M.B. Brogue. The dateline on one is Shellrock Butler co, Iowa, Jan 12, 1867 ('postmark' on cover is Jan 15); the other letter's dateline is Shellrock Butler Co Iowa March 1, 1867 ('postmark' on cover is March 2). These are the only two letters that I have written by M.B. Brogue, I had sold one letter from him earlier, that was when he was a Civil War soldier. These three are the only ones from him that I've come across. Some abstracts: [March] "if you think of mooving to the west here is the place prairie land is for 5 to 10 dollars per acre timber land is from 30 to 50 for the best. Our town is laid out on both sides of the Shellrock river, I live on the west side, we have two good school houses, one large flouering mill and this spring thare is another going up have is three stores sawmill and saloon tavern and we are six miles west of waverly in on the cedar river the cars runs to waverly cedar falls in eighteen miles south of shellrock ..." "I have 20 acres ... have built in town ...." [Jan] "... to believe you will answer this if you git
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