Lot 43
1754 (Jun. 10) Boston, Ms. to Piscatuqua, N.H., datelined folded letter bearing manuscript "Bo" postmark and "3/" rating; slight soiling, a Very Fine usage.
Estimate 500 - 750
The letter contains in part a merchant's inquiry on the current prices of molasses & sugar, whale oil, and various fish, in addition to complaining that the sale of indigo is "miserably slow."
From 1752 to 1754, the inflation factor was 9. This 1754 Boston cover to New Hampshire was rated 4d for 0-60 miles times the 9 inflation factor, or 3 shillings Old Tenor.
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