Lot
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Fort Leavenworth, Mo., Nov 4, cds with manuscript date and manuscript "10" rate on folded letter to Newport, R.I., with letter datelined "Santa Fe, Oct 6, 1846" (New Mexico Territory) written at the end of the Military Occupation Period, carried by courier and mailed at Fort Leavenworth, letter with interesting content…"We have disarmed the Mexicans in every direction, have fortified ourselves and hold the country securely enough…I have rode in forced marches by day and stood for hours at night at the lonely post of the Sentinel subject to the tomahawk or arrow of the Indian or the midnight attack of the Mexican", with description of country & climate, derogatory remarks about Mexicans, their women, etc., Very Fine, a rare early New Mexico territorial item.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.