Rare Copies of Pony Express Letters Returned to St. Joseph by Noted Eastern Collector, News Article, c. 1931
Entry/Object ID
AM1972.14.1H
Scope and Content
Rare Copies of Pony Express Letters Returned to St. Joseph by Noted Eastern Collector, News Article, c. 1931. St. Joseph News-Press. "Most or the Seventy-One-Year-Old Letters, Written on Tissue Paper to Save Postage, Have Disappeared and Only Photostatic Copies are in Existence--Picture of One Envelope Valued at $800--Entire Collection, Now Owned by Writer, Probably Will Be Presented to State Museum".
The letters were owned by Dr. V. M. Berthold, New York and were sent to Louise Platt Hauck, a St. Joseph writer, as a Christmas present.
Includes news story about the Pony Express and news photos of four letters with St. Joseph cancellations.
