Letter signed Dr. Pryor Quarles, St. Louis, to Dabney Minor, near Charlottesville, Va. Two million acres of land to be offered for sale here next fall [probably September] on either side of the river and I recommend that you locate here instead of Alabama or any other part of the United States. Discussion of farming conditions, wheat, and flour which sells for $1 and $10 a barrel. I have sold out my drug and medical store and shall commence farming this fall. Population increase in Howard County, from 300 of three years ago, but by a late census it now contains upward of 7000., 1818 May 28, Box: 1, Folder: 2. Saint Louis History Collection, A1427. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Letter signed Dr. Pryor Quarles, St. Louis, to Dabney Minor, near Charlottesville, Va. Two million acres of land to be offered for sale here next fall [probably September] on either side of the river and I recommend that you locate here instead of Alabama or any other part of the United States. Discussion of farming conditions, wheat, and flour which sells for $1 and $10 a barrel. I have sold out my drug and medical store and shall commence farming this fall. Population increase in Howard County, from 300 of three years ago, but by a late census it now contains upward of 7000., 1818 May 28, Box: 1, Folder: 2. Saint Louis History Collection, A1427. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/16950 Accessed November 22, 2024.