Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania "stampless" folded letter, Circ.1846
The letter's subject matter pertains to Jersey Shore, Pa. rich & historical logging and timber industry. It's asking about draughts or what I assume are either deal documents or maps and giving advice on purchasing land and selling land. The Prominent names on this document are (to the best of m Wife's and my deciphering abilities)Henry Buchler-Surveyor, M. Baird and a place "Davis Sawmill" is mentioned. The Jamun? Milson or Wilson? At this time there were only a handful of big land owners and those people seem to be popular and usually "turn-up" when it comes to artifacts such as this however I don't find any mention of these particular peoples in the History of Jersey Shore book by Wayne Welshans. I may attempt to transcribe this document a bit more and print it out to put with it in my album for future history buffs to enjoy or maybe to solve a mystery or some interesting long lost venture? It mentions "Bradney Ore Vein" too so who knows? I suspect it was for rock suitable for making cement, which was in popular demand and in short supply in this growing region at this particular time.
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Posted 11/18/2012 6:03 pm
