Letter signed Elliot Carriger, Independence, to his brothers C.E. Carriger and James P. Carriger, Elizabethton, Tennessee. Mentions that he has planted corn and oats; mention that he is selling “corn burnt, alias the bald face” [whiskey], and discusses the profits he hopes to make from this business; mentions that John T. Bowers, Daniel S. Bowers, David B. Bowers, and Daniel Stover, Jr., arrived in Independence; and mentions that David Hardon’s wife (or widow), Henry Buckles, Thomas Mernott, and Milas L. Ritchie stopped at Jefferson City, and are destined for Morgan County. Mentions Johnson Hampton, Mark Naves, politician Sam Burton, R.J. Allen, and Jack Allen., 1844 May 13, Box: AF: Cah-Car. Carriger Family Papers, A2814. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Letter signed Elliot Carriger, Independence, to his brothers C.E. Carriger and James P. Carriger, Elizabethton, Tennessee. Mentions that he has planted corn and oats; mention that he is selling “corn burnt, alias the bald face” [whiskey], and discusses the profits he hopes to make from this business; mentions that John T. Bowers, Daniel S. Bowers, David B. Bowers, and Daniel Stover, Jr., arrived in Independence; and mentions that David Hardon’s wife (or widow), Henry Buckles, Thomas Mernott, and Milas L. Ritchie stopped at Jefferson City, and are destined for Morgan County. Mentions Johnson Hampton, Mark Naves, politician Sam Burton, R.J. Allen, and Jack Allen., 1844 May 13, Box: AF: Cah-Car. Carriger Family Papers, A2814. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/4413 Accessed September 19, 2024.