1836 – Two letters from an important naval surgeon describing his return voyage from a diplomatic mission to Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat
China, India, Southeast Asia: 1836. Envelope or Cover. This lot contains two stampless folded letters from Naval Surgeon William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger, aboard the USS Peacock, sent to his mother in Philadelphia while on the return from a diplomatic mission to Cochin-China (today Vietnam), Siam (Thailand), and Muscat (at the..... More