Item No. 86: Family Correspondence -- PLATTENBURG, Albert E. Autograph letter signed to Ellen Plattenburg, dated Saint Joseph 4 May 1852. 1p. "Dear Mother" writing of his travels on Oregon Trail "have enjoyed good health ever since we left home, except Wm. Smith who has the smallpox very bad and intends returning home as soon as he is able to leave…", 1852

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