Lot 2013
Fort Dade / June 29, 1852, manuscript postmark on folded letter to the register in Tallahassee, Fla., manuscript "paid 5", letter was an offer to buy land from the state at $1.50 per acre, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
Provenance: Jarrett
Fort Dade was established as a Seminole Indian fort along the Fort Brooke to Fort King road in Benton County on Jan 2, 1845. The fort was situated near the site of the infamous Dade Massacre of 1835 where Major Dade and all but two of his soldiers were killed and scalped.
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