1847 – Letter to her sister in Canada from a young woman attending the first U. S. Catholic school for women, which was founded by Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first native-born U. S. citizen to be canonized as a saint
Emmitsburg, Maryland: 1847. This stampless, folded letter, measuring 13.5” x 8.5”, is datelined St. Joseph’s Feb 21st, 1847. It bears a scarce double-ring Emmitsburg, Maryland postmark (see p. 143 of Vol 1, ASCC) and a Montreal receiving handstamp. It has two manuscript rate marks, for the U.S. “10” and for..... More