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[WAR OF 1812, LETTER DATED 1813; US TRADE MEASURES/LAWS; HANDWRITTEN BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL LETTER NEW YORK TO HAVANA; POSTAL/STAMP HISTORY] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED/ALS FROM NEW YORK CITY MERCHANT WILLIAM STEVENS TO DOCTOR WILLIAM FROST IN HAVANA, CUBA, dated New York, 4th March 1813, 8" x 10"/about 375 words, in the lower part of the letter after telling Frost a shipment of fruit was received spoiled because of the "length of passage" on board the ship, Stevens informs Frost of three new laws likely to be passed by the U. S. Congress in an effort to alleviate stresses on trade caused by the War of 1812, then tells Frost how each law would adversely affect U. S. shipping including Steven's and Frost's trade between the U. S. and Cuba they are engaged in; Stevens writes, "By our news from Washington [D.C.] of today it appears that the following bills will become laws, they are calculated to have important bearings on commercial operations from your quarter [i. e., Cuba and throughout the West… Read More

[TED STONE/THEODORE SILBERSTEIN WWII ERA 58 WARSHIP PHOTOGRAPHS POST-CARD SIZE WITH STAMPS ON BACK] TED STONE/THEODORE SILBERSTEIN ALBUM OF 58 POSTCARD SIZE/3-1/2" x 5-1/2" PHOTOGRAPHS OF UNITED STATES BRITAIN FRANCE WARSHIPS OF ALL TYPES INCLUDING EARLY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND SUBMARINES taken by the noted World War-II era photographer Theodore Silberstein/Ted Stone, 1917-2000, a noted naval photographer who during World War II as a photographer in the U.S. Navy used the name Ted Stone, all in a 9" x 11" photo album two per page except for a few one per page, black-and-white, ships identified by name in the photo or on the back in pencil by the previous owner, on back is the stamp "Theo. N. Silberstein" or longer stamp "Please Credit Photo by Ted Silberstein - This photo for use in your publication only. Not to be copied, loaned, or reproduced without permission", laid inside the front cover by the previous owner is a file card with handwritten "warships which have cross marks in the lower right corner… Read More