Letter to Brother and Sisters from Isaac Smith

Title: Letter to Brother and Sisters from Isaac Smith
Description: Isaac Smith describes the general family health, gives a description of Portland, and notes the arrival of William Murphy via the Oregon Trail with livestock. He complains about the scarcity of paper money and describes his boys leaving for the mines, serving on jury duty, killing a panther, and the general weather and crop conditions in the Oregon Territory.
Identifier: butlertranscripts/28
Date: 22 October 1854
Creator: Isaac Smith
Type: Text
Spatial Coverage: Bridgeport, Polk County, Oregon Territory
Source: Butler Family Letters, MSS 2; Western Oregon University Archives
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Subject: Isaac Smith