Information Sheet

 

 

R         McCamish, W. H.

1102                Letter, 1900.

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

This is a letter dated 25 October 1900 from W. H. McCamish, a lawyer in Kansas City, Kansas, to Charles H. Namendorf in St. Louis, Missouri.  The letter concerns mineral properties in Oregon County, Missouri.

 

In this letter McCamish informs Namendorf that McCamish holds a Deed of Trust on land in Oregon County on which Namendorf also holds a claim.  According to McCamish, “There is zinc on this land and it is not a great way from the new gold find.”  McCamish offers to sell the land to Namendorf in order to quiet the title, but he will sell to another bidder if Namendorf de­clines.

 

Little is known about W. H. McCamish except his address at the northeast corner of Sev­enth Street and Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.  In 1903 he corresponded with Edward L. Bartlett of New Mexico about another land transaction.  These papers are at the University of New Mexico’s Center for Southwest Research.  Charles H. Namendorf, who died in March 1944 at the age of 83, was the owner of a successful umbrella manufacturing company in St. Louis.

 

 

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