“TO DAY WE HAVE ENDORSED Mr. WM FLEMMING’S DFT TO YOU . . . FOR NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A/C COTTON TO HEYAN MACGEE. . ..” An uncommon, triple-rate Express Mail letter used to provide timely and detailed purchasing instructions in the rapidly fluctuating cotton market
New Orleans to New York City: 10 January 1837. Unbound. This two-page stampless folded letter was sent by U.S. Express Mail from New Orleans to New York City in January of 1837. It measures approximately 16” x 10.5” unfolded and bears a manuscript $2.25 rate mark, a manuscript “Express Mail”..... More