(MONTANA) Small group of letters to Montana trader Joseph H

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(MONTANA.) Small group of letters to Montana trader Joseph H. McKnight. 3 letters, each 10 x 8 inches; condition strong. Montana, 1873-79

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McKnight operated a trading post at Fort Shaw in central Montana. The first and longest letter is from Fort Benton trader (and future Senator) Thomas C. Power, concerning the issuance of a trading license. The other two are from Indian agents at the Blackfeet Indian Reservation regarding supplies they had ordered. with--a receipt signed by Matthew Davenport for his pay as a teacher at the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon, September 1870.