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Saturday, March 27, 2004

F. W. Pitkin to Mary Ann Lewis, c/o Lewis Hotchkiss, Connecticut, 1831

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This stampless letter has a circular date stamp for Hartford Ct, a 'pointing hand' PAID, a handwritten 10 cent rate, and is addresse...

Civil War: CHARLES R. COLLINS 27TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY

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CHARLES R. COLLINS~27TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY~ I presume that we shall be obliged to go front in the spring camping. If so all right, bu...

Thomas Armstrong from John Cardwell, Virginia 1827

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This stampless letter has a circular date stamp for CHARe. VA [Charlotte, Virginia], a handwritten 18 3/4 cent rate, and is addressed to Tho...

E F Alling to Seth Keney, Connecticut 1848

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This stampless letter has a circular date stamp for WESTVILLE Ct., a handwritten 5 cent rate, and is addressed to Seth A.B. Keney Esq., Burl...

Benjamin Moore, Kingston NY 1817

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I don't see a town marking on the old stampless letter, although there is a handwritten 10 cent rate in the usual place, at the upper ri...
Saturday, March 06, 2004

Eliza Harman Winder Miller, Iowa 1889

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Name: Ann Winder E- mail: annsfamilytree@pobox.com Envelope addressed to: Mrs. E.E. Garber, Aspin, Pitkin Co., Colorado Feb the 14 /...
Thursday, March 04, 2004

Letter to Mr. George S. Riley, Rochester, Monroe County, [New York], from Henry T. Spencer, Albany, New York, April 6, 1849

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Name: Phillip F. Schlee E- mail: schlee@ksu.edu Albany, Friday Morning April 6th 1849 – My Dear Riley, If I were to guess twice ...

Letter to Thomas B. Gould, Newport, Rhode Island, from Quaker John King, Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York, February 5, 1855

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Name: Phillip F. Schlee E- mail: schlee@ksu.edu Ledyard, Cayuga County N. Y. 2 mo. 5 1855 My dear Friend Thomas B. Gould Althoug...

Letter to Arthur G. Hatch, Paris, France, from “Perce” – Moore, Low & Sanford, Attorneys & Counsellors, New York, 1884

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Name: Phillip F. Schlee E- mail: schlee@ksu.edu New York, July 14th 1884 Dear Garcon; I take this opportunity when there is a gr...
Tuesday, March 02, 2004

John Schoolfield to Dr. Schoolfield, Virginia, 1834

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This stampless letter has a circular date stamp for HICKSFORD Va, a handwritten 12 1/2 cent rate, and is addressed to Dr. Schoolfield, Ports...
Friday, February 27, 2004

Albert Arnold Corfu, 1847 to Amey Allin, Rhode Island

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Letter is addressed to Mrs. Amey Allin, Providence, R.I., and is a three+ page 'Dear Mother' letter written by daughter Sarah, and a...
Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Civil War: H. M. Parker, Illinois 1862

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3 1/2 pp. letter on (US Army) Ordnance Department, Cairo, Illinois printed stationery, dated Oct 8 1862, from H. M. Parker, to his brother....
Friday, February 06, 2004

John McNeill to James McNeill, Kentucky, 1854

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This stampless letter doesn't have any postal markings and was likely hand carried outside of the U.S. Mails. It is addressed to Maj. Ja...
Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Holland & Betty Pitman to James McNeill, Kentucky 1854

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This stampless letter doesn't have any postal markings and was likely hand carried outside of the U.S. Mails. It is addressed to Mr. Jam...
Tuesday, January 27, 2004

Columbus Warren, Maine to Sophia Clark, Massachusetts, 1843

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This stampless letter has a circular date stamp for OLDTOWN Me. [Maine], and is addressed to Mrs. Sophia Clark, Dedham, Mass, and is a two p...

J. McNeill to James McNeill, Kentucky, 1847

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This stampless letter has a manuscript 'postmark' for New Market Ten, Nov 2d 47, a handwritten 5 cent rate (and a bunch of handwritt...
Monday, January 19, 2004

B. Gove Docketing, Maine to Rev. C. H. Titus, Rhode Island, 1840

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This stampless letter has a faint red circular date stamp for MONMOUTH Me. [Maine], a handwritten 5 cent rate, and is addressed to Rev. C. H...
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