1869 Chicago IL Grain Letter Chicago & North-Western Passenger Depot Signed For Sale

1869 Chicago IL Grain Letter Chicago & North-Western Passenger Depot Signed

• • Original 1869 autograph business letter on printed letterhead of Platt, Thorn & Maynard, commission merchants in flour and grain, written from Chicago and addressed to Blodwin & Co. of Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Dated March 22, 1869, the correspondence discusses corn shipments, railcar commitments, and declining market prices—an excellent primary source for post-Civil War Midwestern grain trade and railroad-linked commerce. The letterhead lists the firm’s warehouse and dock at No. 1 West Kinzie Street, adjoining the Chicago & North-Western Passenger Depot. Complete with docketed verso and period folds; ink remains clear. A strong piece for serious ephemera collectors, economic historians, and genealogists researching 19th-century commercial networks and Chicago’s grain markets.

  • book 4 page 16

  • Approximately 7.75\" by 12\"