1908 Letter from a Young Woman Homesteading in Rural New Mexico, Including a Description of an Armed Conflict with a Sheriff.
Solano, New Mexico: October 1908. Six page letter measuring 5 ¼ x 6 ½ inches. Envelope with many unrelated manuscript markings. A letter from Irene Upton (1888–1956) in Solano, New Mexico to her friend Carroll B. Benton in Boston. Upton was born in New Hampshire—her father was New Hampshire State.....