October 2, 1850 – Two good friends – State Auditor Joseph T. Fales of Iowa City and Judge Charles T. Mason of Burlington – hope to reunite in Burlington.

State Auditor Joseph T. Fales of Iowa City and Judge Charles T. Mason of Burlington have known each other since their first meeting at the First Territorial Legislative Assembly in 1838. Now, twelve years later, on October 2, 1850, the two are hoping to get together once again with their wives for a fall gathering at Mason’s farm in Burlington. In our collection is the RSVP letter Fales wrote to Judge Mason and it gives us a wonderful inside-look at the unique friendship between these two Iowa pioneers who both came to Iowa in 1836.

Interestingly, three years later after this letter was sent, in 1853, these two Iowa pioneers ended up working together for the U.S. Patent Office in Washington D.C.

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