Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter was written on “feby 17, 1856” and sent “in care of [the] American Legation,” which, at the time was located in Mexico City, to the prominent Washington lawyer, James Mandeville Carlisle. It was sent through Vera Cruz, as attested to transit marking..... More

Envelope or Cover. This secretive letter, signed only “T. O.,” was sent from New York to “T. G. Slaughter / Farmingham / Dartford / Kent / Great Britain”. It is datelined “N. Y. June 17/68” and enclosed in an envelope franked with a relatively scarce 12-cent Washington stamp with an..... More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvanis: 1870. Unbound. This certificate, measuring approximate 10.75” x 7”, was issued by The Railroad Car Trust of Philadelphia to Thomas M. Drysdale on March 2nd, 1870. It features an illustration of an industrial scene showing factories, a steamship, a locomotive, a freight car, and a passenger car. It..... More

Buffalo, New York: 1898. Envelope or Cover. This letter, from a mother in Philadelphia to her daughter, Grace, in Buffalo, was written just over a week after the Battleship Maine exploded and sank in the Havana, Cuba harbor, killing over 260 sailors, many in their sleep. Although it..... More

“Arusha, Tanganyika, East Africa: [1957}. Envelope or Cover. This letter dated June 14 was probably written in 1957 based on the stamps used for postage and the author’s comments about the total defeat of the Mau Maus although an official end of the Kenya Emergency had not yet been declared..... More

This letter was sent from Quindaro in the Kansas Territory to on of its residents, Richard W. Clark, at St. Louis, Missouri in care of Jonathan Jones. It bears a three-cent Washington stamp (Scott #26) and a postmark with a manuscript date of “Dec 16”. Although there are..... More

Cimarron, New Mexico Territory: 1867. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless letter was sent by A. J. Thomas, a hay farmer from Cimarron, New Mexico Territory, to J. B. Culver in Delaware, Ohio. It is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65) tied to the envelope with a “Cimarron..... More

St. Louis, Missouri: 1819. Envelope or Cover. This stampless folded letter measures 7.5” x 12”. It is datelined “St. Louis 14 August 1819” and was sent to Moses Taylor at Mount Vernon, Ohio in care of the towns postmaster, Henry B. Curtis, by Aaron T. Crane and Abraham Beck, early..... More

Madison [Ohio]: 1840. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter measures 16” x 12” unfolded and is datelined “Madison [Ohio,] Sept. 20th 1840.” It was sent by B. F. Fuller to his nephew, N. L. Janes at Berkshire, Vermont. It bears a manuscript postmark, “North Perry / O Sept..... More

Boston: Stewart Gold Mining Company of Colorado, May 28, 1864. Envelope or Cover. This one-page shareholder list measures approximately 5” x 8”. It was printed on 28 May 1864 and mailed three-days later to the “Assessors of Bridgewater, Massachusetts.” It is franked with a 2-cent black Jackson stamp (Scott #73)..... More

Sing Sing, New Yor: 1849. Envelope or Cover. This one-page folded shipping notice dated July 23/24, 1849, measures 15” x 9.5” unfolded. It documents the transport of books, by the Union Transportation Line, from Edward C Bittinger of Sing Sing, New York to the Philadelphia bookselling firm of Daniels &..... More

Fort Wayne, Indiana: 1862. Envelope or Cover. This four-page letter was sent by Emeline to her cousin in Mary at Bristol, New Hampshire. It is datelined “Fort Wayne Ind. Aug. 23”/62” and enclosed in a mailing envelope franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65) that was postmarked at Fort..... More

Retsoff, New York to Springboro, Pennsylvania: 1888. Envelope or Cover. This grouping contains a March 10th, 1888, bill of lading from the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad Company and a shipping notice from Foster & Brown, agents of the “Retsof Mining Co., Miners and Shippers of Salt,” dated March..... More