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 1836-04-07 BURLINGTON M T-----DES MOINES CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS FREE----FREE FRANK---TO HON. GEORGE W JONES AT WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.----DATELINED KEOKUK----FROM ISAAC R CAMPBELL----WE ARE LIVING AT THE FOOT OF THE DES MOINES RAPIDS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND THE NEAREST MAIL PRIVILEGE POST OFFICE TO US IS 10 MILES---PROPOSING TO ESTABLISH A MAIL ROUTE FROM PALMYRA MO. TO BURLINGTON, THOUGHT BEST TO APPRISE YOU OF THE SITUATION AND SOLICIT YOU TO TRY TO MEND YOUR RESOLUTIONS AND SAY BY THE WAY OF KEOKUK TO CAMP DES MOINES AND FROM THERE TO BURLINGTON AND SO ON---ASKS THAT JOHN GAINES BE APPOINTED THE POSTMASTER----GENEALOGY 2---3 PGS----COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 44 $700 - N Date: 1836-04-07 , Associated Pages:()