Title: Letter From a Farmer to Pillsbury Type:Letter Date: 1877 Source: Minnesota Historical Society
Description: During the Grasshopper Plagues of the 1870s, many farmers wrote to the Governor for help. This is a letter from a farmer and Methodist minister whose family was suffering from the effects of the plague. Read Transcription
What does the writer of this letter tell Governor Pillsbury to show that he has 'thought of everything' to get himself out of this situation on his own?
What is Pillsbury's response to this letter?
Where did the money sent to the man's wife come from?
What does Pillsbury's response to this letter tell us about him?