An Early Dakota Letter - Future Congressman From North Dakota Thomas F. Marshall Recommends An Employee

THOMAS FRANK MARSHALL (1854-1921). Marshall was a Congressman from North Dakota in the first decades of its statehood.ALS. 1pg. 8 x 10. February 21, 1885. Yankton, Dakota. An autograph letter signed Thomas F Marshall. Marshall recommends a former employee. To whom it may concern: This is to certify that Mr. W. C. Smith was in my employ during the entire summer of 1884 and that he performed his duties to my entire satisfaction, He is a faithful and industrious young man and deserving ofThomas F Marshall U.S. Deputy Surveyor. Marshall wrote on letterhead of E. J. Porter & Co., Grocers, which Marshall owned with Porter. Dakota was a territory of the United States from 1861 until it officially became the states of North and South Dakota in 1889. This letter is in very good condition.