By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
lot # 4145 - the lower mississippi river and mexican gulf mississippi river - steamer mary bess to steamer vicksburg
Paul Jones. Fancy ornate Eagle framed straightline handstamp on folded letter datelined "Steamboat Concordia State Room No. 9. Mississippi River near Col. Morgan’s Landing, 15 January 1845" addressed to New Orleans, the letter was put
onto the New Orleans bound "Paul Jones" some 10 miles up river from St. Francisville.
Milgram No. 1063; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A postscript states "I shall not leave here before Thursday 25th Inst. Letters leaving New Orleans on Sunday morning per Paul Jones will reach me at Natchez". This was the fourth "Paul Jones" built in 1843 and ran the New Orleans - Waterproof La. trade.
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