LAGRANGE, WISCONSIN. (178) YEAR OLD LETTER.

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LAGRANGE, WISCONSIN. (178) YEAR OLD LETTER..  OLD LETTER DATED: MAY. 1843. LAGRANGE, WALWORTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN TO BROTHER LIVING IN ENTERPRISE (NOW HAMILTON), INDIANA.   LETTER IS TWO AND A HALF PAGES LONG.  LETTER MENTIONS: ROUND PRAIRIE IN THE TOWN OF ELK HORN( NOW LAGRANGE), RACINE AND MADISON TERRITORIAL ROADS, MADISON THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT FOR THIS TERRITORY, FARM, OWN A YOKE OF OXEN, YEARLING STEER, ELEVEN ACRES OF WHEAT, SNOW 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP, POST OFFICE, SHOE MAKING, BLOOMINGDALE, ILLINOIS, MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO, LAKE MICHIGAN, CALVIN'S DEATH, YORK STATE, WILLIAM LINSDAY, DOCTOR O. MAGOON, (THOMAS WATERMAN) ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOLS, TOWN CLERK AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.  LETTER DOES HAVE ISSUES OF DISCOLORATION, SMEARING, TEARS, HOLES AS SHOWN IN PHOTOS, LETTER IS IN SOMEWHAT FRAGILE CONDITION BUT IS FULLY INTACT AND LEGIBLE, HAS BEEN FOLDED AND WILL BE FOLDED ONCE FOR SHIPMENT. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING INTEREST.