[Archive]: The Letters of E.C. Grenelle: Pioneer Farmer, Real Estate Agent, and Clothier of Hampton, Iowa, 1874-1889

by GRENELLE, E.C.

$750 · Offered by Between the Covers

(Chapin [and] Hampton, Iowa: 1874-89). A small cache of nine holograph letters written by an energetic and entrepreneurial young man recently emigrated to Iowa. The letters, addressed to his parents: “Dear Ones in the East,” are rich in content regarding his land speculation and farming in Chapin, and other business..... More

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