The following is being forward from Darilee Bednar who is not a subscriber to this list. Thought it might be of interest. She has uploaded the letter for reading by anyone interested. Rich ----- "Hi... A member of my genealogy class bought a pack of Compton family letters and it included a letter dated 10 Oct 1872, Birmingham, Van Buren Co, Iowa from Nelson (something). The letter talks about crop prices...etc. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit/compton10.html Darilee Bednar bookstorelady@Prodigy.net