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1839 Pensacola, FL stampless U.S. Navy Surgeon Mate Writes of Travels, Death Etc
1839 Pensacola, FL stampless U.S. Navy Surgeon Mate Writes of Travels, Death Etc

1839 Pensacola, FL stampless U.S. Navy Surgeon Mate Writes of Travels, Death Etc

$ 5.01

Availability: 100 in stock
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  • Place of Origin: United States
  • State: Florida

    Description

    Postal History / Letter
    Stampless folded letter written Setpember 18, 1839  by A.F. Lawyer, a Navy surgeon's mate - aboard the U.S. Ship Warren at Pensacola, Florida.  Hopes to sail to either the Pacific or Mediterrean as he likes to visit far away countries.  Writes about a death, travels, probably heading to Mobile next.   Both sent to his father Thomas Lawyer, the postmaster of Lawyersville in Schoharie County, New York.
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