Lot
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(Black Hawk War) Lower Alton, Illinois, April 24, double-circle postmark on 1832 folded letter to West Springfield Mass. with interesting content reading "The Old Indian Black Hawk, Chief of the Sacks & Foxes, has come over from the Missouri side…there have been almost one thousand regular troops stationed at Rock Island five hundred passed Alton in steam boats and among the officers was Johnson Eaton commanded by Gen. Atkinson and its said Atkinson has forwarded an express to the Gov. of the State for about three hundred volunteers or drafted men…will give you news of the war."; some staining, Fine and interesting, This is the listing example of this postmark in the ASCC., ex-Meroni. Estimate $300 - 400.
The Black Hawk War commenced in April 1832 when the Old Chief crossed the Mississippi River and was confronted by General Henry Atkinson "The White Beaver".
Realized: $1,100