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Migration: United tate uth · a
Ship Letter mail was subj to re!!Ularion, requiring lett to
stamped ' Ship Letter for p . F rom 1 14. inco1Il1Ilcg
2/4 unpaid
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52 unpaid
9 August 1827, Glasgo a
New York to Charleston
manuscript rate marking 2 ' u1t2~7~
applied New York. Re-rated
52t for two sheets = 2 x 25 rate
for inland and single 2~ ship fee a~~
American ship, Samuel
Robertson from Liverpool,
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4 September New York.
SHIP ~~4:/~
Applied in New York
To Charleston, South Carolina, 9 August, 1827-24 days
Above: Scottish tobacco farmer W. McGavin in Charleston writes of flOO a Mr. McCauley's invested with him.