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S.S "Canada". 1860 (Aug 10) Stampless cover to Boston with a "10" charge mark and Halifax, Nova Scotia c.d.s., the enclosed letter written from Halifax harbour by a passenger on the S.S "Canada", who writes "We are lying upon a sandbank on which it pleased heaven and Capt. Lang to deposit us this morning ..... in order to give a clear berth to a buoy on one side of the channel, the said Lang ran his ship fast in the mud on the other. Now the question is how to lighten her. No benefit can be expected from the tide, as our trouble occurred nearly at high water .....". An unusual cover written from a wreck.
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