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1888 Aurora, Nevada Letter & Cover

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
1888 Aurora, Nevada Letter & Cover
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275.00USD+ (68.75) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2018 Aug 25 @ 14:51UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of 2. Letter is 4pp., dateline Aurora, Jan. 28, 1888. Sent to Mrs. Nettie Robishaw of Santa Cruz, California from Julia C. (illegible). Julia has received Nettie's letter. She has heard about the threat of smallpox. Julia looks forward to Nettie coming home, but warns of the cold they would encounter on the journey. She is going to send $50 express to Nettie but will act like she is sending the money to her sister ("we will fool those folks here as long as we can"). "John is still at work in the mine," though he was laid off for a week because of a back issue. She asks Nettie to bring vaccine with her to vaccinate the children. Also mention "helpless" Uncle Jim who the doc has stopped seeing because he won't pay him anymore. Folds. Cover has Aurora postmark and Santa Cruz cancel. Date: City: Aurora State: Nevada HWAC# 77659