Lot 32
1740 (Mar. 24) Salem, Ms. to York, Pa., datelined folded cover addressed to "Clerk of the Inf Court for the County of York" and endorsed "p Post & Paid", per post with no town or rate marks as was normal in this period, small faults, lightly silked, Fine, the rate was 2 shillings 4 pence.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
FEW COVERS PRIOR TO 1755 CAN CONCLUSIVELY PROVE, AS DOES THE EXAMPLE OFFERED HERE- WITH ITS "P POST & PAID", THAT THE LETTER INDEED WENT BY POST.
The letter states in part: "Enclosed are two writs Returnable to your April Court in both of which Mr. Jones is plaintiff & in one of them Benj. Masury is Deft., who is most Probably Long Since dead, for the Vessel in which he was, pout out of Montseratt in a Hurricane 2 years ago & has not been heard of since."
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| Realized $2,100 |
