Showing only minor signs of age, wear and handling - mostly light toning. Expected fold creases from posting. No major issues to note. Eye-catching legible writing. Overall, in good to very good condition. Will display well in your collection. You will receive the exact sheet shown in the photos. It measures approx. 5" x 8"

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HISTORICAL REPORT: 1893 Montana Territory Patent Medicine Order — Canyon Creek SECTION 1: TRANSCRIPTION & LITERAL READING • Heading Line: Canyon Creek. Sept 2th 1893 • Recipient Line: M. H. M. Parchau & Co. • Salutation: Send me one Package of Dr Bosanceas Pile Remedy and one Box of Dr Guns improved Liver Pills Send by mail and send your Bill with the Package. • Closing: most Respectfully • Signature: S E Jacob. • Clerical Verification Shorthand: OK by Mr Parchau / Post .04 • Clerical Fulfillment Stamp/Mark: Entd 93 / 10/3 - 93 (Entered October 3, 1893) SECTION 2: THE HISTORICAL SETTING & PROVENANCE In September 1893, the United States was weathering a major economic depression, and citizens in remote mining camps relied entirely on mail-order networks to procure vital over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. Because these rural areas lacked dedicated medical practitioners, local residents regularly ordered unverified proprietary treatments through the United States mail system ("Send by mail") to manage chronic illnesses. This handwritten correspondence details the precise mechanics of Gilded Age medical supply lines, showing the complete transactional loop where the buyer requested the wholesale bill to be physically packed directly alongside the targeted remedies. SECTION 3: THE UNIQUE SENDER & PHARMACEUTICAL BUSINESS The letter features a clear signature from S. E. Jacob, writing a personal remedy order into the regional supply house. The recipient line matches the elusive historical firm H. M. Parchau & Co. (written out carefully by the author as M. H. M. Parchau & Co.). The middle annotations offer fantastic historical evidence of the shop’s internal bookkeeping and approval process. A store manager or delivery clerk has explicitly marked the document "OK by Mr Parchau," validating the credit account while tracking a specific "Post .04" four-cent stamp charge to cover the physical weight of mailing out the medicine boxes. SECTION 4: THE ORIGIN — CANYON CREEK, MONTANA Canyon Creek was an influential early pioneer community, agricultural outpost, and mining valley settlement established northwest of Helena in Lewis and Clark County. Tucked along the vital mountain roads carving through the Continental Divide, the canyon floor served as a critical transportation corridor for independent woodsmen, ranchers, and prospectors. Because the settlement relied entirely on the capital city for specialized drug provisions, primary manuscripts tracking the personal health concerns and mail-order needs of Canyon Creek's individual citizens during the 1890s are highly collected examples of Western social and postal history. SECTION 5: THE PATENT MEDICINES ORDERED The specific home remedies requested in the text were heavily advertised, nationwide proprietary products of the late 19th century: • Dr. Bosanceas Pile Remedy: A specialized topical ointment or suppository formula intensely marketed during the 1880s and 1890s to treat painful vascular conditions common among workers performing intense physical labor on the frontier. • Dr. Gunn's Improved Liver Pills: Formulated under the legacy of Dr. John C. Gunn's medical treatises, these highly popular cathartic laxative pills were universally stocked to treat digestive blockages, biliousness, and stomach ailments across America. SECTION 6: CONDITION REPORT • Authentic single-page correspondence note complete across a leaf of lined 1890s legal notepad stationery. • Features clean, beautifully preserved graphite pencil penmanship displaying exceptional clarity, layered over bold ink clerical fulfillment marks. • Displays original horizontal mailing folds alongside a raw, naturally torn left margin from when the sheet was detached from its original binding block. • Pristine overall structural state with a clean paper body showing only light uniform paper toning consistent with age. ==============================================================

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