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[Indians - Chickasaw Nation] "Fort Washita C.N., June 28th 1852", manuscript postmark on blue folded cover bearing 1851, 3¢ orange brown tied by matching manuscript "X", addressed to Mission House, N.Y.; file fold affects 3¢, F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.
Fort Washita was in Chickasaw Nation and established in 1844 in what is now Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was built to protect the citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations from the Plains Indians. The Fort was later abandoned at the start of the Civil War by Federal troops.
Realized: $500