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Antique Vintage Deadwood DK Original 1884 Love Letter
On Official Deadwood County Clerk Letterhead
Antique love letter posted in Deadwood Dakota to Omaha Nebraska on Aug 14th, 1884. It was sent to Miss Gertie Carpenter in Omaha Nebraska from "Zach". I can find no last name. This is one of several letters from several lovers that "Gertie" kept and hid in a wall of the house she lived in. This is the only letter from Deadwood, and Zach.
The other letters written to Gertie are not included in this sale, but I have taken pictures of them to show the postmarks and dates of the group of letters.
Zach's love letter is hand written on "office of the county clerk", "Lawrence County, Dakota" , "Deadwood, Dakota" letterhead. The county clerk is listed as J.S. Tracy, and the commissioners are J.W. Garland, JNO. C. Ryan, and Samuel Roy.
In Deadwood during 1884, Sol Star was mayor, and Seth Bullock was hunting for "Crazy Steve". Seth found "Crazy Steve" that year in the company of Teddy Roosevelt, and they became lifelong friends.
The letter reads as follows:
Friend Gertie,
Through my brother in Omaha, I hear that you are still in Omaha. I wrote you about two years ago, but heard nothing from you. Thinking perhaps my letter never reached you, I have concluded to send you this little note through my brother. I would like very much to hear something from my old friend Gertie. Have thought of you so often since I came to this country, and many times have I looked at the tintype of you and I which has always served to bring up remembrances of the happy hours we spent in our walks to Redick Grove, or hunting trip here. I am doing well. Please write me, and I will then tell you the history of my doings since I came to the Black Hills. Let me know how to address my letter so that you will be sure to get them. (That is if you care to hear from me.)
Many kind regards to your mother, Yours truly, Zach
Box 310
Deadwood DK
Gerties father was the Platte county clerk according to Ancestry.com records. He also seemed to have some political contacts, and her brothers started a lumber company in Omaha.
The letter comes in a frame that shows both the front & back because the letter is written on both sides. Please see the photo for condition. It is not pristine, and has some side tears and staining.
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