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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | July 6, 18xx |
| From City | Washington |
| From State | DC |
| To City | Peoria |
| To State | IL |
| Addressee | Capt Thomas Baldwin |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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Lot 136 1847, 10¢ black, four margins, tied by manuscript "X", red "Washington City, D.C. Jul 6" cds on gray folded letter to Peoria, Illinois; some minor tone specking, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 2 $1,000.
Schuyler J Rumsey sale 106 Realized: $450
Alexander listed as 7/6/xx
Kewriga sale 7 lot 92 realized 475
Capt. Thomas Baldwin (1804-1879) was a captain of steamboats on the Ohio, Illinois and Mississippi rivers. He became one of the leading steamboat men of his time; devoted forty-five years of his life to it, during which he built and was sole, or part, owner of twenty-six steamboats, a number of which were among the finest and swiftest upon the western rivers. He removed to Peoria in 1844, and when the California gold fever broke out in 1849, Commodore Vanderbilt selected him to superintend a line of steamers to Central America, that being then the principal route, at a salary of $10,000 a year. His health failing, he resigned the position at the end of ten months. Soon after the beginning of the civil war he was put in command of a transport vessel; later was appointed to the command of the gunboat Romeo, which he retained till the close of the war. [from The History of Peoria County, Illinois, Johnson & Co., 1880, p. 753]
Scott No. 2 $1,000.
Schuyler J Rumsey sale 106 Realized: $450
Alexander listed as 7/6/xx
Kewriga sale 7 lot 92 realized 475
Capt. Thomas Baldwin (1804-1879) was a captain of steamboats on the Ohio, Illinois and Mississippi rivers. He became one of the leading steamboat men of his time; devoted forty-five years of his life to it, during which he built and was sole, or part, owner of twenty-six steamboats, a number of which were among the finest and swiftest upon the western rivers. He removed to Peoria in 1844, and when the California gold fever broke out in 1849, Commodore Vanderbilt selected him to superintend a line of steamers to Central America, that being then the principal route, at a salary of $10,000 a year. His health failing, he resigned the position at the end of ten months. Soon after the beginning of the civil war he was put in command of a transport vessel; later was appointed to the command of the gunboat Romeo, which he retained till the close of the war. [from The History of Peoria County, Illinois, Johnson & Co., 1880, p. 753]
