Letter signed Alex [Badger], Fort Vancouver, W.T., to Ma [Mrs. Alexander C. Badger]. Today I am 21 years old and am a man in the eye of the law. I have every reason to be thankful to God for much. I have had good health, have always been comfortably clad and well fed and sheltered, and was born in a land of liberty; have a good mother and father with two good sisters, and that’s a good life to be thankful for. I shall always continue to be a dutiful and loyal son. Went into Portland and bought garden seed. Received a letter from Alice and one from Albert Mansfield. You have not said whether you got the $70 draft. I want you to come out here and enjoy the pure air of the country and not freeze and melt alternately as you do in St. Louis., 1861 Mar 13

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1

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From the Collection:

Collection contains material of the St. Louis-based Badger family, including letters of Capt. Alexander Badger, Sr. and Jr.; newsclippings; bonds; steamboat memoranda; a pilot certificate issued to William H. Cable in 1852; envelopes of Wells Fargo and Overland Mail; cards of steamboat Magnolia and a timetable of St. Louis railroads and steamships; material concerning the Badger, Cable and Cayton families; two Missouri defense bonds issued in 186-; and several letters of Alexander Badger, circa 1860, written from Fort Vancouver, Western Territory, and various places in the west, which describe everyday happenings.