Geography: Pocahontas

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Christmas Eve Letter from Hecht Bros. & Co. Clerk, Pocahontas, Arkansas, 1879 Christmas Eve Letter from Hecht Bros. & Co. Clerk, Pocahontas, Arkansas, 1879

A personal letter written by a clerk for Hecht Bros. & Co. on December 24, 1879, in Pocahontas, Arkansas. The letter expresses loneliness and contains commercial content related to the dry goods, boots, shoes, groceries, and general merchandise business of Hecht Bros. & Co. The letter is written on embossed letterhead featuring the names L. Hecht, S. Hecht, and L.F. Nicklase, indicating that the firm may have been Hecht and Nicklase. A gold ink overlay on the letterhead reads 'Hecht and Nicklase Survivor of.'