17 lines in ink. In the hand of the Deputy Clerk, James R. Elder. Sheet size 26.6x20.4 cm (10½x8"). The letter conveys a Homestead Notice (not present) to a man in Willits, to be printed in a nearby newspaper, most likely the Willits Herald. But more interesting is the map on the back of Mendocino County, showing the roads, towns, hills, mountains, coal fields, the Round Valley Indian Reservation, etc., with some text giving population, value of county property, school property, monthly salaries of teachers (grade school, $70 for male, $63 female; high school, $126.50 male, $102 female), etc.
17 lines in ink. In the hand of the Deputy Clerk, James R. Elder. Sheet size 26.6x20.4 cm (10½x8"). The letter conveys a Homestead Notice (not present) to a man in Willits, to be printed in a nearby newspaper, most likely the Willits Herald. But more interesting is the map on the back of Mendocino County, showing the roads, towns, hills, mountains, coal fields, the Round Valley Indian Reservation, etc., with some text giving population, value of county property, school property, monthly salaries of teachers (grade school, $70 for male, $63 female; high school, $126.50 male, $102 female), etc.
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