Letter to John Butler from Elijah Butler

Title: Letter to John Butler from Elijah Butler
Description: Elijah Butler describes the conditions on the Oregon Trail through Iowa, Mormon houses and settlements, cost of supplies in Kanesville, and the creation of a militia to defend from Indians to his brother John Butler.
Identifier: butlertranscripts/43
Date: 5 May 1850
Creator: Elijah Butler
Type: Text
Spatial Coverage: Council Bluff, County, Iowa; Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois
Source: Butler Family Letters, MSS 2; Western Oregon University Archives
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Subject: Elijah Butler