May 23, 1849 From letter published in the Missouri Whig , Palmyra July 12, 1849 FROM THE PLAINS Our old friend, Mr. Lewis Vanlandingham, has furnished us with extracts from a letter written by his son, Mr. R. K. Vanlandingham, now on his way to California. The letter is dated near Fort Kearney, May 23d, … Read more
May 10, 1849 From letters published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra ca May, 1849 FROM THE CALIFORNIANS ST. JOSEPH, May 10, 1849. MR. SOSEY — Dear Sir: We reached here to-day, all well, after a trip of three weeks. We travelled leisurely, finding the grass not sufficient to sustain our cattle without grain. St. Joseph … Read more
Unclaimed Letters A list of letters remaining in the Post Office at Hannibal, 1st October 1855 taken from The Whig Messenger, Thursday, October 4, 1855. BAKER, Geo. BASKET, Thomas BOURN, Wm. BUCKNER, Horace BLIET, Mrs. Martha BOWRING, Henry BARKLEY, Levi BUTTER, Richard BROTHERS, Davis BEAKE, Annie L. BUTTER, Parmelia B. (2) BACON, Robert BAREN, Ephraim … Read more
October 7, 1849 From letter published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra, January, 1850 The last Paris Mercury published several California letters, from which we make liberal extracts. The following dated “California Mines, Oct. 7,” is from Mr. S. S. Williams, who went from this county last spring, to his brother, A. G. Williams, of Monroe … Read more
Some extracts of a letter from Mr. William Hecton, to Mr. Jas. D. Overton, dated Stockton, Cal., May 25, 1850:
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July 8, 1849 From letter published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra October 4, 1849 LETTER FROM THE SALT LAKE A friend has permitted us to make some extracts from a letter written at the Mormon City, by Mr. John Hazlit, a citizen of our town, who left for California last spring. The writer had been … Read more
February 14, 1850 From letter published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra ca ?, 1850 CALIFORNIA LETTER The following letter is from Mr. Sprat Ellis, who went with his father and others overland last spring. They were ten months on the route, and this is the first tidings of them since they left. The letter is … Read more
LIST OF LETTERS Remaining uncalled for in the Post Office ofHannibal, Missouri, onSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 1873.To obtain any of these letters, the applicant must call for advertised letters, giving the date of this list, and pay one cent for advertising. If not called for within one month, they will be sent to the Dead Letter … Read more
The message below was received on the Northern California Rootsweb list and it mentions several people from Pike Co., MO who had gone to California, in a letter dated 1850. This was forwarded to the local GenWeb mail lists by Sharon Young Jebavy of Columbus, Ohio. Thank you Sharon! The following interesting letter was received … Read more