Details For Cover ID# 30383
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| Cover Type: | USA domestic stampless |
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| Entered by: | markrogers |
| Added on: | Apr 1, 26 |
| Edited on: | Apr 1, 26 |
| Postmark: | Apr 13, 1847 |
| Origin: | Matamoros, Texas, UNITED STATES |
| Destination: | Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES |
| Description: | BRASOS/APL 13, 1847. Strike of two-line datestamp on folded letter datelined at bottom "West Harwich Mass at Matamoros Texas April 11, 1847". Addressed to President James K. Polk in Washington D.C., docketing in several places on flaps including magenta from Adjutant General and "Presd U.S./ Ezra Taylor asks to be discharged" (secretarial), the letter indeed requests a discharge and is signed "your best friend Ezra Taylor". Ex Magnolia |
| Certificate? | No |
| For Sale? | No |
| Stampless? | Yes |