LOT #43138 |
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Document to Construct Telegraph Line, Camp Brown Wyoming Territory, 1877....
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Description
Document to Construct Telegraph Line, Camp Brown Wyoming Territory, 1877. Very scarce document, four pages, 8" x 10", pertaining to building a telegraph line through the Wyoming Territory during the Indian Wars period. "Archibald McPhaden proposes to construct a telegraph line to connect camps Stambaugh and Brown Wyo. Terr. For the sum of three thousand and nine hundred and eighty dollars. ($3980.) Distance forty seven and one-half miles (47.50) specifications furnished." Mr. Mc Phaden proposes a summary of the duties he will perform and the monies he charges in the document. Signed by John Mix Capt. 2nd Cavalry. Also with blue assistant adjutant received stamp, Feb 4, 1877.Condition: Very fine, light soiling.
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2009 January Western Americana Signature Auction #6017 (go to Auction Home page)
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January, 2009
23rd-25th
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