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WEST INDIES MARITIME MAIL - PRE 1842
SHIP LETTERS
An entire written by the skipper of the brig “Lucy” explaining that in Kingston he can only
sell his cargo at cost and he will sail tomorrow as part of a convoy to Havana. Written on 13th January
1824 it was given to the Commercial Rooms, struck with C R ^and put on the “Eliza Peabody” to
Baltimore. Here on 9th February it was struck SHIP and charged 27 cents to take it to Portsmouth,
New Hampshire -2 cents ship letter and 25 cents inland for over 400 miles.
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An entire written by the medical officer and author who rose to the rank of Commodore, on
board U.S.S. Falmouth at Raita, a small village north of Lima on 18th March 1833. Addressed to his
mother it reflects the frustrations from two years at sea with another one to go. It was sent under a
separate cover via Panama to the Commercial Rooms where it was struck with CR 7 and put on a
vessel to the U.S.A. It was landed somewhere over 400 miles from Philadelphia, its ultimate
destination, and charged 27 cents, but where is unclear.
