Two page letter from Wynkoop Kiersted to John Kiersted Jr. regarding Wynkoop's Mongaup Valley tannery and a proposed Bill to protect trout in New York rivers, and Wynkoop's feelings that the bill was really aimed at tanners to prevent them from dumping their waste into streams. Wynkoop operated a tannery and sawmill in the Catskill Mountains.

Identifier
NYSL_SC17820_B2F1_001

Date Original
March 30 1863

Language
English

Source
New York State Library, SC17820, John Kiersted Family papers, Box 2, Folder 1.

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