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[A CONTRACT STEAMBOAT COMPANY DELIVERS THE MAIL FROM UP THE MISSISSIPPI FROM NEW ORLEANS]; Two letters carried by the famous Mississippi riverboats, Natchez and Princess from New Orleans cotton brokers informing the owner of a large Mississippi plantation of the status of cotton bales awaiting shipment to Europe and the state of the European cotton market
New Orleans, Louisiana to Rodney, Mississippi: 1856 and 1857. Envelope or Cover. Both one-page folded letters measure 9” x 11” unfolded. One is datelined “For Natchez / New Orleans 9 Feb 1856” and the other, “For Princess / New Orleans 3 Mch 1857.” Both are franked with imperforate, three-cent dull..... More