Autographed Business Letter
New York: 1846. 1 page, 10 x 8 inches, New York City, December 8, 1846. In this letter, a salesman has booked travel for a favored client: "I have sent for you by the steam boat CHAMPION which leaves here this afternoon for New Haven (marked as you directed by Springfield railroad) with three kegs of printing ink." An interesting memento from the days when steamships were owned by the wealthy railroads who attempted to monopolize travel and trade. In..... More