1851-08-27 +DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO---BLACK 29 MM CDS TIES SCOTT 11 & FANCY STEAMBOAT SCROLL----CORNER CARD OF W H B DOWLING & CO--PORT HURON MICH DEALER IN DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING, IRON STOVES, AND OTHER PROVISIONS----COVER SENT FROM PORT HURON TO DETROIT. IT WAS GIVEN TO THE STEAMBOAT CAPTAIN OR CLERK AT OR NEAR PORT HURON. THE MARK STEAMBOAT WAS APPLIED BY THE DETROIT RECEIVING POST OFFICE TO LETTERS DELIVERED BY THE CAPTAIN OR CLERK OF THE STEAMBOAT WHICH HAD NO MAIL CARRYING CONTRACT WITH THE POST OFFICE DEPT.----TO JOHN G BURMAN AT DETROIT MICH----GENEALOGY---1 PG---PAGE 1---COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 1151

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Date: 1851-08-27
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Genealogy , MI Waterways , Stamps , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1

1. 1851-08-27 +DETROIT MICH-----WAYNE CO---BLACK 29 MM CDS TIES SCOTT 11 & FANCY STEAMBOAT SCROLL----CORNER CARD OF W H B DOWLING & CO--PORT HURON MICH DEALER IN DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING, IRON STOVES, AND OTHER PROVISIONS----COVER SENT FROM PORT HURON TO DETROIT. IT WAS GIVEN TO THE STEAMBOAT CAPTAIN OR CLERK AT OR NEAR PORT HURON. THE MARK STEAMBOAT WAS APPLIED BY THE DETROIT RECEIVING POST OFFICE TO LETTERS DELIVERED BY THE CAPTAIN OR CLERK OF THE STEAMBOAT WHICH HAD NO MAIL CARRYING CONTRACT WITH THE POST OFFICE DEPT.----TO JOHN G BURMAN AT DETROIT MICH----GENEALOGY---1 PG---PAGE 1---COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 1151 Read More..