Letter to John Butler and James Butler from Peter Butler

Title: Letter to John Butler and James Butler from Peter Butler
Description: Peter Butler discusses the arrival of the money drafts, explains the numerous transactions to finalize the payment for the land claim in Oregon, instructs John Butler on land sales in Illinois, and describes the massacre of emigrants near Fort Boise on the Snake River. He describes Rachel Butler's homesickness, and the health of the family.
Identifier: butlertranscripts/26
Date: 24 September 1854
Creator: Peter Butler
Type: Text
Spatial Coverage: Polk County, Oregon Territory
Source: Butler Family Letters, MSS 2; Western Oregon University Archives
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Subject: Peter Butler