Autograph Letter, Signed, from Oil Creek, Pennsylvania. "Dear Brother & Sister ..." Envelope addressed to "Mr. & Mrs Daggette, Buenavista, Allegheny Co, Penna.
Pen and ink, 4 pp. on a single folded sheet of paper. Envelope postmarked 6 May. 12mo
1861 · Oil Creek Venanga County, Pa
by Kelly, D.C.
Oil Creek Venanga County, Pa, 1861. Pen and ink, 4 pp. on a single folded sheet of paper. Envelope postmarked 6 May. 12mo. Fine. Pen and ink, 4 pp. on a single folded sheet of paper. Envelope postmarked 6 May. 12mo. From the First Oil Boom. "Dear Brother & Sister... to let you know where I am and how I am flourishing. Well times are very brisk up here & money plenty. I expect if I have my health this summer to do well. I made $11.00 clear this week in cash. There is a oil well here...that throws 1000 brls of oil evry [sic] day. The gas that comes out reminds me of an engine seaping steam it throws oil night and day. The people here are principally yankies. Some first rate men they think less of one dollar than the people do in Alleghany Co. of three cents but it is from the fact that money is so plenty they pay cash for evry thing if they hire a man to work they pay him evry night or evry Saturday night at furthest."
Continues to discuss friends who came here with him, the building of a Methodist church, and the writer's prospects. "I will expect to hear from you before I write again. Your unworthy brother DC Kelly Address care of Fertig Well Titusville Crawford Co. Penna"
Oil was found near Titusville, Pa., in 1859 by Edwin L. Drake. The ensuing boom transformed rural Pennsylvania and ultimately the entire world
Interesting contemporary glimpse. (Inventory #: 224754)
Continues to discuss friends who came here with him, the building of a Methodist church, and the writer's prospects. "I will expect to hear from you before I write again. Your unworthy brother DC Kelly Address care of Fertig Well Titusville Crawford Co. Penna"
Oil was found near Titusville, Pa., in 1859 by Edwin L. Drake. The ensuing boom transformed rural Pennsylvania and ultimately the entire world
Interesting contemporary glimpse. (Inventory #: 224754)