Pike Co. Jack Farm - Letter - Luke M. Emerson- 1905 - Bowling Green, Missouri - $25 - (Pratt, KS)

Offered is a letter from Luke M. Emerson, Proprietor of the Pike Co. Jack Farm in Bowling Green, Missouri. The letter is typed on Mr. Emerson's official letterhead featuring a portrait of Luke M. Emerson as well as an illustration of a "Mammoth Jack" specimen. The letter is signed by Luke M. Emerson in his own hand. The letterhead reads: "Pike Co. Jack Farm; Luke M. Emerson, Proprietor; Largest importer and breeder of Mammoth Jacks in United States, having imported over 2,000 Jacks from Spain. Won 64 World's Fair Prizes. Have more home-bred Mammoth Jacks on hand than any other man in the business. 500 head choice Jacks actually on hand. The largest number of Jacks to be found at any farm in the United States. Farm at junction of the C. & A. and St. L. & H. R. R.: 60 miles northwest of St. Louis; 100 miles west of Chicago; 100 miles east of Kansas City; 20 miles south of Hannibal; 50 miles south of Keokuk."

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