Campbell, William, Pony Express Rider, Letter to Mabel Loving, 1913

Archive

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Campbell, William, Pony Express Rider, Letter to Mabel Loving, 1913

Entry/Object ID

AM1994.20.4

Scope and Content

Campbell, William, Pony Express Rider, Letter to Mabel Loving, 1913. Handwritten by Campbell from Escalon, Calif. to Ms. Loving in St. Joe, Mo. 1 pp. Thanks Ms. Loving for the poem written in memory of the Pony Express Riders (that she apparently sent to him). After his signature he has written some lines of reminiscence stating that he "shipped 20 wagons to St. Joe in spring of 1865 then up river to Nebraska City to load goods for Salt Lake...we got 25cents per lb. for hauling clothing to S. Lake." Also typewritten transcribed copy.

Collection

Mabel Loving

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pony express

Search Terms

Pony Express Rider, Pony Express Rider Correspondence

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 8, 2016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

William Campbell