Letter from a Marblehead, Massachusetts merchant in Spain informing his family at home of the opportunity to import inexpensive year-old Merino wool and make it appear to be fresh and of high quality
Bilbao, Spain: 1831. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless, folded letter is datelined “Bilbao 5th Augt 1831.” Although it references an enclosed invoice, the invoice is no longer present. The letter was no doubt favor-carried to Le Havre in France as it bears a faint forwarding agent cachet on the..... More