Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Annie, Camp at Grand Ronde, to Dear Ma, Liberty, Mo. 4 pg. (faded) She and the girls will go to Oregon City by boat; the men will take the wagons overland; had to lighten the wagon loads for the sake of the mules and leave supplies behind; not much sickness in past two months; news of daughters; Charlies hopes to be in command of a post. (Kelly, p. 116), 1849 Sept 9
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The family papers primarily include letters written and received by Annie E. Ruff, husband Charles F. Ruff, and several family members; some business and political correspondence and also land documents that belonged to John Dougherty; and two photographs. The papers are arranged chronologically. The collection dates from 1836 to circa 1890, with the bulk of the items dating from 1842 to 1850. There are several gaps in the correspondence: July 1851-1852, 1855, 1857-1864, 1867-1880,...
Dates:
1849 Sept 9