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I'm Stumped. What Town Is This?

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Walter Anderson

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Posted 11/18/2016 7:02 pm

I've looked and looked and can't figure out what town and state this manuscript cancel is from. Can anyone make out what it is?

Thanks,

Wally

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Posted 11/18/2016 7:54 pm

Gainesville, Alabama

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Walter Anderson

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Posted 11/18/2016 8:04 pm

Leejb1, I'm looking for the name of the town and state for the manuscript cancel, not the destination.

Thanks

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Posted 11/18/2016 8:18 pm

My guess might be

El Dorado Arkansas

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Posted 11/18/2016 8:18 pm

Eldorado, Arkansas?

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Posted 11/18/2016 8:23 pm

I agree. El Dorado, AR. (opened in 1846, still operating).

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Walter Anderson

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Posted 11/18/2016 8:37 pm

I looked at El Dorado before, but couldn't see it so I dismissed it. Now that I look at it more I'm starting to lean that way. Now if I could find an example to compare it to. Thanks to everyone for your help, it's appreciated.

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Posted 11/18/2016 8:51 pm

I was not able to find which town this came from.

I did find the name Hessie McMahon in a book: https://books.google.com/books?id=J...n%22&f=false

She wrote a letter in 1867 about her feelings of Jefferson Davis

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Posted 11/18/2016 8:55 pm

Another article with ties to Hessie MCMahon which ties El Dorado Arkansas to her. http://www.lib.lsu.edu/sites/defaul...aid/1385.pdf

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Walter Anderson

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Posted 11/18/2016 9:04 pm

Leejb1, I would have to say it's El Dorado then. Thanks for the help. I did a quick search and here is her grave in Union County Arkansas. The same county as El Dorado. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...4494&df=all&

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Walter Anderson

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Posted 11/18/2016 9:07 pm

Here's a listing for their daughter Jane born in El Dorado. That's enough evidence for me. Mystery solved.
http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/r...man_41343028

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Posted 11/19/2016 07:32 am

I Googled all the different possibilities and they all came up El Dorado, Ark.

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