Item Detail
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MSS 3952
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M. D. Canfield Letter
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Canfield, Myron D.
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1836
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Myron Davenport Canfield’s manuscript letter to his Uncle Ezra Canfield (living in Ellicotville, Cattarugus Co., New York). Kirtland, Ohio, December 12, 1836. 2 pages, each 7.5 by 12.5 inches. The second half of the letter is devoted to Kirtland area land prices and speculation, based on the experience of the writer and of his father, probably Samuel Canfield... Although not mentioned here, one of the purchasers of Samuel Canfield’s land, at $20 per acre, was Joseph Smith.