“I AM VERY SORRY FOR THE TROUBLE YOU EXPERIENCED IN THIS AFFAIR.” A letter from a Norfolk, Virginia exporter to commercial agents in Portuguese Madeira
Norfolk, Virginia via the ship Trisnifor to Funchal, Madeira: 15 August 1828. Unbound. This one-page stampless folded letter was carried to Funchal, Madeira off the coast of northwest Africa at a privately-determined rate by ship’s captain. It measures 16” x 10” unfolded and bears a manuscript annotation reading “via Azores..... More