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19th Century Letters With Transportation Content

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Paper Start Price:8.00 USD Estimated At:30.00 - 40.00 USD
19th Century Letters With Transportation Content
<B>Two 19th Century Letters With Railroad and Steamboat Content</B></I>. Including a one page letter, 5” x 8”, dated Newburgh, April 25, no year , which reads in part: “<I>I have not heard a word from you about the Morris & Essex rail road Have you forgotten all about it?</B></I>”, tipped at the left edge to a backing sheet, slightly toned, else very good; and a three page letter from Mason Perkins, 7.75” x 10”, Cleveland, Ohio, October 1, 1835 which reads in part: “<I>…Cleveland is a beautiful spot and will in a few years be a large city…the Steam Boat Com. Perry burst her boiler last week near Detroit and 4 lives were lost…Several accidents have occurred on the Lake of late some occasioned by the wind and some by the failure of engines…</B></I>”, cockled, with fold creases, small splits in the fold, else near very good. <I>Ex. Henry E. Luhrs Collection</B></I>.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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