1842 – An illustrated J. B. Peck’s New Package Express Line shipping document used in the delivery of samples of pimentos and coffee from a Baltimore importer to a Boston wholesale grocery merchant
Baltimore: 1842. Envelope or Cover. This 3-page stampless folded shipping document and letter measures 15.75” x 10” unfolded. It features vignettes of an early steamboat, a three-masted sailing ship, and an early pioneer 4-2-0 locomotive with box car along the upper border and touts its delivery service to “Baltimore, Washington..... More