1 letter - July 7, 1846 - New Haven - Blakeslee - Westerner by birth, nothing would keep him in East - influence of Reserve in Ohio, on Lakes and Mississippi Valley - "For the people of the Reserve have the intelligence and enterprise of North East combined with the energy and go-a-headativeness of the West", July 7, 1846

1 letter - July 7, 1846 - New Haven - Blakeslee - Westerner by birth, nothing would keep him in East - influence of Reserve in Ohio, on Lakes and Mississippi Valley - "For the people of the Reserve have the intelligence and enterprise of North East combined with the energy and go-a-headativeness of the West", July 7, 1846, Box: 3, Folder: 2. Kaercher and Packer family papers, 347. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. https://archives.library.cornell.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/332601 Accessed February 08, 2026.