Page 116 - Charles Shreve - William H Gross United States 1847 Issue

C. British Isles Retaliatory Rate
1. England Privately Carried

SE 25, 1848 written aboard the USS Lmvrence (49°N-25°W- North of the Azores) to Annapolis, MD.
Carried privately from Southampton, England to New York, NY where the letter
entered the mails on October 27. Prepaid at the > 300 miles rate to Annapolis.

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DE 15, 1848 to Boston, MA.
Carried to New York, NY and mailed at the domestic 5~ < 300 mile rate.
Had the cover been put into the British mails, the rate would have been 53~.

Letter wntten qy George Ban croft (1800-1891 ), hiJtonan and JtateJman to hiJ publiJhm. At the time of writing
he waJ US MiniJter to Great Britain (184649) beingpreviouJ!J Semtary of the Nary (184546).