Letter signed Jno. G. Shultz to Major Jno. Dougherty. I will continue to do all I can for Iatan but I must complain of your never-ceasing delay. The deeds in your hands are due the parties to whom they are made, and they repeatedly call for them. Col. Swords has complied promptly and returned the deed in a month after it was mailed to him 3,000 miles away. Our prospects are brightening here daily and if we can only hit the right track, we will get our money back. R.W. Thompson & Co., merchants of Iatan, have failed. We must get a sawmill here if we have to build it ourselves. I have strong belief that there will be three stores in Iatan by November 1st. Businesses mentioned: R.W. Thompson & Co. and Murphy Belt & Alexander. Places mentioned: Weston., 1853 May 19

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection consists mainly of the correspondence of Major John Dougherty in relation to sutling at Fort Kearny, Nebraska, and government transportation of freight between Fort Kearny and Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in the 1840s and 1850s. Also includes numerous bills of sale of slaves; correspondence and reports regarding Indian affairs, including a report from Leavenworth, March 9, 1832; land documents; and correspondence regarding land claims. Correspondents include Dougherty's son Lewis B. Dougherty, Robert Campbell, Henry S. Turner, A.G. Reed, Major C.F. Ruff, and Col. Thomas Swords. Collection also includes two diaries, 1869-1879, and a ledger, 1851-1852, of the medical practice of Dr. William Wallace Dougherty, a Liberty, Missouri, physician and nephew of John Dougherty. The diaries include material on the family.