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MSA SC 910-16-13
Collection	Ridout Papers
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Dates	1837-1842
Medium	Original
Restrictions	NO RESTRICTIONS
Storage	00/53/14/42
Description
Letters from Samuel B. Owings to John and/or Prudence Ridout. 1837 leter indicates Owings has settled in Canton Fulton in Illinois (?) where he hopes to establish a practice. 1838 letter mentions Dorcas [wife?] and Mary [daughter?]. Indicates he is doing fairly well in practice, income exceeding expenses. Raves about the fertility of the land there.1839 letter has a receipt at the top of the page for $600 from Mary Woodward Howard for Lot 2, Jones Addition of Lots to the Town of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois from Joseph Geyer. Signed by Geyer and witnessed by VWD Comstock.

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