I have about 45 1860-1906 letters that have been found. The person who received the letters was born in Abingdon & moved to KS in abt 1860. So some of these letters are from relatives & friends in Abingdon some are about people she met in Leavenworth, KS & Easton, MO. If you have a relative on this list I would be happy to share with you. I am going to publish them & a copy will be available at the Abingdon Historical society for you to use. Lesley Some of the names are: Mary E, Houston, Wm. Scott Newland, Martha Bruce Deadmore Newland, Llewllyn Newland, Lee Newland, David Newland, Cousin will Newland, Rufus Newland [1st speaker of the House in WA] Jane Day Newland his wife, Cordelia Newland, Addie Newland,Mrs. Briggs, John Kimball, Aunt Keller, Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. Hartler, Jane Worley, Adaline Hartler,Molly Worley, John Stanfield, Fountain Keller, Molly Moore, Mrs Hidds/Kidds, Rebecca Cardwell, Miss Hutchinson Smith, Dr. Day, JH Day [founder of Dayton, WA, Tanner, Marshall, Edward Fraser, Marton Fallis, Cassie Pierce, Ellah Mcintosh, Riley Russell, Will Medill [brother to the owner of the Chicago Tribune, Moliie Hutchinson, Laura Chamberlain, Samuel Newland Some of them wrote letters but most are mentioned in the letters. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com