Lot 236
1784 (Feb. 20) New Orleans, Spanish Louisiana to Quebec, Canada, datelined folded letter, no postal markings, Very Fine.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
THE ONLY RECORDED COVER FROM SPANISH UNITED STATES TO CANADA IN PRIVATE HANDS.
Provenance: Poitras, Steinhart
There was no postal route so the letter was carried by favor from New Orleans, overland by way of the Mississippi River and the Illinois Country. The writer, Jaques-Nicolet Perrault was a well known merchant and seigneur and notes in the letter that this was the best route. The letter was carried at the end of the American Revolutionary War period.
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