2022-01 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/29/2022
This 3½ page letter captures the difficulties faced by an Ohio man as he relays his struggles: "Lexington, March 21, 1842…we came back from Iowa Almost Penniless and without furniture…I ought not to Grumble these hard times…I suppose I need not tell you money is scarce…the country is in a very depressed condition, Especially in the manufacturing districts many thousands out of employment altogether and markets High in Paicely (Paisley) and its Neighborhood there is 13000 out of employment…it is said that many deaths occur through starvation and Hunger…there is no Negro in Ky works as hard as I done while I was there…" Integral address leaf directed to "Francis Gilmore, Wilkinsburg, Near Pittsburg, Pa." Red postal mark. Age wear and small wax seal tear. VG. In 1842, the country was in the midst of one of the most severe financial crises in the history of the United States resulting from the Panic of 1837 which created a widespread failure of US banks and resulted in record unemployment levels.
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