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[Steam Freight Money Use from Maine] May 29,1840 folded letter from Gardiner Maine (May 29 postmatrk) to London, endorsed "Paid to New York 18 ½ (+) Paid Steam Boat Postage 25 = 43¾" intended to be carried by steamer "British Queen" from New York, their "Too Late," black Liverpool Ship Letter backstamp and London 2 July arrival, a wonderful freight money endorsement for carriage by a pioneer steamship, ex Booth

The British Queen was the largest passenger ship in the world from 1839 to 1840 and eas owned by the British and American Steam Navigation Company.