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1855 & 1859 - Pair of letters regarding the operation of one of the most productive gold mines in the East that generated over $1 million dollars in its first eight years of operation before the Civil War, approximately $37 trillion in today's money
by James Dorn
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- Used - Very good
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- 1859
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- Envelope or Cover
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 3,746.05
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Sleeoy Creek & Dorn's Mines, 1859. Envelope or Cover. Very good. One three-page and one two-page stampless folded letters. They were sent by James Dorn who owned two mines in partnership with his brother, William Burkhalter "Billy" Dorn, to Joseph Slocum, in New York and Savannah. Both letters are from South Carolina and bear free-frank manuscript postmarks as… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,746.05
1864 - A semi-literate manuscript document certifying a Pennsylvanian was medically unfit for military service illegally franked with postage stamps instead of revenue stamps
by Gainer P Kloom
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- Used - Very good
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- 1864
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- Unbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 476.77
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Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, 1864. Unbound. Very good. This one-page manuscript document measures approximately 5" x 8". It was executed at Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, on December 12, 1864, and is illegally franked with two pen-canceled postage stamps (Scott #65 3-cent Washington and Scott #73 2-cent Jackson).
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"Bfour me gainer Kloom one of… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 476.77
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1853 - A British exporter explains to the treasurer of the first major textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, that shipments of madder have been affected by a lack of available vessels but are unlikely to harmed by the "Russian affair" which should be quickly resolved
by James C. Collier to Ebenezer Chadwick
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- Used - Very good
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- 1853
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 612.99
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Manchester, England to Boston, 1853. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This one-page stampless folded letter measuring 15" x 9 ½" unfolded is dated August 12th, 1853. It was sent by J. C. [James Collier] Harter & Company of Manchester, England to Ebnr [Ebenezer] Chadwick, treasurer of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company, in Boston. It bears a Manchester postmark dated… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 612.99
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1818 - Letter to an engineering supervisor contracted by the Army's Ordnance Service who was heading to Charleston to build a canal that would provide transportation between inland cities and the port
by Jno'en Fagan to "Mr. Robert Leckie
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- Used - Very good
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- 1818
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 408.66
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Charleston, South Carolina, 1818. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page folded letter measures about 15¾" x 10" unfolded. It is datelined Charleston April 8th, 1817, and was sent by Jnoen Fagan to "Mr. Robert Leckie / U. S. Ordnance Service / Augusta, Geo." It bears a red circular postmark reading "CHALSN SC / APR / 11" and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 408.66
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1844 - A letter from an Army officer who resigned his commission to become one of the very first American missionaries in China relating his initial impressions upon arriving in Macao in route to Ningbo
by Michael Simpson Culbertson
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- Used - Very good
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- 1844
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- Envelope or Cover
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 1,702.75
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Macao, 1844. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This three-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 15½" x 10". It is datelined "Macao. Nov. 7th, 1844, and was sent by Michael Simpson Culbertson to his father, a banker in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. In care of Walter Lowrie, New York City. It was carried privately to New York where Mr. Lowrie placed… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,702.75
![1840 -A soon-to-be Governor of Virginia is concerned about his son's education at Washington College [today Washington & Lee University] and the Virginia Military Institute](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/486/550/1603550486.0.m.jpg)
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1840 -A soon-to-be Governor of Virginia is concerned about his son's education at Washington College [today Washington & Lee University] and the Virginia Military Institute
by John Rutherford
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- Used - Very good
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- 1840
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 2,043.30
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Richmond, Virginia, 1840. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This three-page stampless folded letter, approximately 15½" x 10" unfolded, was written by John Rutherford in Richmond, Virginia to his son, John C. Rutherford, at "Lexington College" on 11 October 1840. The letter bears a black circular Richmond postmark on the same day with a manuscript rate mark of 18¾.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,043.30
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1864 - A long letter from a young woman in Davenport, Iowa providing details about the nearby imprisonment of Sioux warriors and Confederate soldiers, the 108th Regiment of Colored Troops, as well as a deadly draft riot near Grinnell and guerilla raid in Davis County
by Caroline "Carrie" Victoria Ozias
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- Used - Very good
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- 1864
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- Envelope or Cover
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- 1
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 1,362.20
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Davenport, Iowa, 1864. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This detailed four-page letter was written by Caroline "Carrie" Victoria Ozias in Davenport, Iowa on 20 October 1864 to her friend, Sarah "Sallie" Rachel McQuiston in Preble County, Ohio. Its mailing envelope is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scot #65) and postmarked on the 22nd. In nice shape.
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SGD 1,362.20
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1844 - Letter home from a man who traveled from New Hampshire to Alabama to retrieve the personal effects of his brother-in-law
by Horace Brooks
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- Used - Very good
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- 1844
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 204.33
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Gainesville, Alabama, 1844. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This three-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 15" x 10" unfolded. Two pages were written by Horace Brooks in Gainesville, Alabama to his brother, Ira, at Franconia, New Hampshire and one page was written to his sister, Dolly Whitney. It is dated December 8. It bears a circular Gainesville postmark… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 204.33
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1858 - A humorous and detailed sea voyage journal kept by a molasses importer who traveled from New York City to St. Thomas in the West Indies
by Charles "Charlie" Mortimer Catlin
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- Used - Very good
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- 1858
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- Envelope or Cover
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- 1
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 2,043.30
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Bark Ilva in route to St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, 1858. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This 13-page journal dated "13th January / 58," was sent by Charlie [Charles Mortimer] Catlin to his mother via his brother, N. W. S. [Nicholas William Stuyvesant] Caitlin care of Chastelain, Ponvert & Company [a New York molasses importing firm] where they… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 2,043.30
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1849 - A guest of a prominent Virginia planter describes the plantation's crops: corn, wheat, and timber
by Isaac French
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- Used - Very good
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- 1849
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 681.10
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Robert Buckner Bolling's plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, 1849. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This three-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 15" x 9½". It was sent by Isaac French, a guest at "Sandy Point," Robert Buckner Bolling's plantation in Charles City County, Virginia to his friend, J Huntsman, Esq. The letter has no postal markings indicating… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 681.10
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1846 - An American medical student in Paris describes the city to his friend from home who was attending university in New York
by Rm C Graham to Charles M. Catlin
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- Used - Very good
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- 1846
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 408.66
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Paris to New York, 1846. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This three-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 16" x 10" unfolded. It was sent by Rm C Graham in Paris, France to his friend Charles M. Catlin in New York. It is dated 6 February 1846 and bears no postal markings other than "Per Havre Packet. February 8th… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 408.66
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1896 - Advertising envelope and dunning letter from the largest tobacco plug manufacturing company in the world
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- Used - Very good
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- 1896
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- Envelope or Cover
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 136.22
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St. Louis, Missouri, 1896. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This lot consists of a colorful advertising cover and dunning letter sent to a customer, Horace King of Crawfordsville, Indiana, by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company of St. Louis, Missouri. The letter is datelined "St. Louis, Dec. 21, 1896." The "all-over" multi-color Ligget & Myers Tobacco Company advertising… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 136.22
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1905 - Letter from the son of a wealthy former Detroit hotel owner informing his family that he had led a pack train through the mountains of New Mexico in hopes of purchasing a sheep ranch
by Walter M. Taber
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- Used - Very good
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- 1905
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- Envelope or Cover
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- 1
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 612.99
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Ojo Caliented, New Mexico, 1905. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This complete, but unsigned, four-page letter from Walter M. Taber is datelined "Ojo Caliente Taos Co., / New Mexico / Sunday. Aug. 6th 1905." It is enclosed in an envelope franked with a red 2-cent Washington stamp (Scott #319) that has been cancelled with a Type 2, #3… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 612.99
1852 - U.S. Navy Department letter informing a 'ships carpenter' that he cannot avoid duty with the East Indies Squadron, an assignment that led to his accompanying Commodore Perry to Japan
by H. Parker to Daniel Jones
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- Used - Very good
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- Envelope or Cover
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 272.44
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Envelope or Cover. Very good. This one-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 15½" by 9½". It was written by H. Parker at the Navy Department to Daniel Jones, a ship's carpenter, at Kittery, Maine. It is datelined, "Washington / 15th March 1832". It bears and indistinct "free frank" along with a circular Washington D.C. 5-cent postmark. In nice… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 272.44
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1805 - Letter describing the effects of the last Yellow Fever epidemic to strike New York City
by Caleb Hopkins to Jeremiah A Peirson
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- Used - Very good
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- 1805
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- Unbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 681.10
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New York City to Ramapowrks, New York, 1805. Unbound. Very good. This two-page stampless folded letter measures 15½" x 9¾" unfolded. It was sent by Caleb Hopkins in New York City to Jeremiah A Peirson in Ramapoworks, New York. It bears no postal markings other than an annotation that reads, "per Goshen Mail". Docketing reads, "Letter 8 Septer… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 681.10
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1833 - Family letter from New Orleans to Scotland describing the Cholera epidemic that ravaged the city
by J N McLauren, Jr.
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- Used - Very good
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 1,021.65
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New Orleans to Glascow, Scotland. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This three-page stampless cross-hatched letter measures 15½" x 10" unfolded. It was sent by J N McLauren, Jr. on 15 June 1833 from New Orleans to the Dalmuir Paper Warehouse near Glasgow, Scotland. It bears a circular New Orleans postmark, crossed-out address, and "50" rate mark indicating that… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,021.65
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1879 - Letter from a health officer at Boston's Deer Island Quarantine Station, written on official stationery
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- Used - Very good
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- 1879
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- Envelope or Cover
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 204.33
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Boston, Massachusetts, 1879. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This six-page letter was sent by "Charley" a health officer at Boston's Deer Island Quarantine Station on official stationery. It is datelined "Boston, 13 Oct. 1879." A matching envelope from a different letter is included. The letter is franked with a green 2-cent Washington stamp (Scott #213) that is postmarked… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 204.33
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1924 - A disinfected letter from a doctor at the Pittsburgh Municipal Hospital who contracted diphtheria while treating patients with infectious diseases
by Dr. D. R. Jacobs
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- Used - Very good
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- 1924
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- Envelope or Cover
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 681.10
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1924. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This four-page letter is from Dr. D. R. Jacobs at the Pittsburgh Municipal Hospital to Nancy Throckmorton at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. It is datelined "Municipal Hospital / Sept - 16 - 1924". It is enclosed in its original mailing envelope which was franked with a red 2-cent Washington stamp (Scott #634)… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 681.10
1935 - An airmail envelope sent to Francis Kinsley Hutchinson, who was in quarantine aboard the ship, S.S. Manhattan at Staten Island, from her famous woodland estate, Wychwood
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- Used - Very good
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- 1935
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- Envelope or Cover
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 102.16
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Wychwood, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, 1935. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This postal cover was sent by airmail from Wychwood, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin to the S.S. Manhattan at New York's Staten Island quarantine station. It is franked with two stamps, a 1-cent green Franklin stamp (Scott Type A155) and a 5-cent Beacon airmail stamp (Scott #C11) both tied to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.16
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1834 - Letter discussing the effect of the Cholera epidemic that had raged in New York City for over a year
by Edward P Hill
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- Used - Very good
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- 1834
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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SGD 340.55
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New York Cit, 1834. Very good. This stampless folded family letter measures 15½" x 12½". It was sent by Edward P Hill from New York City to Miss Rebecca H. Hill in Mason, New Hampshire. It was written in two parts, the first on August 26, 1834, and the second a few days later on September 4, the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 340.55
