Papers, 1822-1884.

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Papers, 1822-1884.

Tax receipts, indentures, and letters to Morgan Martin from relatives who had moved to Nodaway County, Missouri, in the 1840s reporting on family affairs, commodity prices in Missouri and Indiana, corn and grain farming, cattle raising, and the great demand for cattle in 1850 by those who wanted to drive them to California and Oregon. Letters in the 1870s are from relatives in Texas, Missouri, Kansas, and Indiana.

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Martin, M. L. (Morgan Lewis), 1805-1887

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