Lot 142
1783 (May 17) Dungannon Ireland to Philadelphia Pa., datelined folded letter bearing manuscript "2N" and "2/ ster" ratings, endorsed "p packet", carried by the packet boat Earl of Sandwich that left Falmouth on June 23, 1783 and arrived in New York on August 13th. It is docketed received in Philadelphia on August 15, 1783, tiny edge faults, Fine, double the 1 shilling transatlantic packet rate.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
THE EARLIEST RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE RESTORED PACKET SERVICE TO INDEPENDENT AMERICA WITH EARLY POST-WAR CONTENTS THAT SHOWS A FEELING OF KINSHIP BETWEEN THE CORRESPONDENTS IN IRELAND AND PHILADELPHIA.
The letter states: "I send this by way of London where I understand there will be immediately packet boats stationed for the purpose of establishing a free correspondence between those parts of your continent in which we rejoice on having open communications with our bretheren and conclude congradulating with you in hopes of a happy security after so terrible a storm".
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| Realized $3,500 |
