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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | 1849 |
| From City | Steamboat |
| From State | WW |
| To City | Albany |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Hon. Hamilton Fish |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
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SC#1 5¢ SINGLE FOLDED ADDRESS SHEET TO NY GOV HAMILTON FISH - PARDON REQ CV$800
1849 PARDON REQUEST LETTER FADED RED STEAMBOAT CANCEL
EBAY lot (wings4)
U.S. 1847 SC# 1, 5¢ SINGLE ILLEGIBLE RED CANCEL ON FOLDED ADDRESS SHEET TO ALBANY, N.Y., WITH FADED RED STEAM BOAT CANCEL. FOUR COMPLETE MARGINS & NO RIPS, TEARS OR REPAIRS [to stamp] RECEIVED ON AUGUST 8th, 1849, ADDRESSED TO HONORABLE HAMILTON FISH, 16th GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK (LATER 26th U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE) FOR PARDON REQUEST. BRIEFLY: ADJOINING HANDWRITTEN NOTES ADDED; "GILLIAN-? SCHOOLCRAFT PARDON / LETTER FROM MR CHRISTIE / RECEIVED AUG 12 1849". "DENIED / JANUARY 26, 1850 / GRANTED JULY 29, 1850". WRITTEN LETTER w/ ADDRESS SHEET MONOGRAM , STEAM BOAT CANCEL. APPROXIMATE ATTRACTIVE $800.00 SCOTT 2018 CATALOG VALUE.
Not listed in Alexander
Letter written in 1849 by a Mr. C. Christie, datelined Brooklyn, 19 Douglass Street (not listed in 1849 Doggett’s NYC Directory or 1850 Brooklyn City Directory) requesting the pardon of a William Schoolcraft, which was denied in Jan 1850 but accepted in July 1850, as recorded in the documents of the NY State Assembly and NY State Senate. There is some indication that Mr Schoolcraft may have been a counterfeiter or con man.
1849 PARDON REQUEST LETTER FADED RED STEAMBOAT CANCEL
EBAY lot (wings4)
U.S. 1847 SC# 1, 5¢ SINGLE ILLEGIBLE RED CANCEL ON FOLDED ADDRESS SHEET TO ALBANY, N.Y., WITH FADED RED STEAM BOAT CANCEL. FOUR COMPLETE MARGINS & NO RIPS, TEARS OR REPAIRS [to stamp] RECEIVED ON AUGUST 8th, 1849, ADDRESSED TO HONORABLE HAMILTON FISH, 16th GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK (LATER 26th U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE) FOR PARDON REQUEST. BRIEFLY: ADJOINING HANDWRITTEN NOTES ADDED; "GILLIAN-? SCHOOLCRAFT PARDON / LETTER FROM MR CHRISTIE / RECEIVED AUG 12 1849". "DENIED / JANUARY 26, 1850 / GRANTED JULY 29, 1850". WRITTEN LETTER w/ ADDRESS SHEET MONOGRAM , STEAM BOAT CANCEL. APPROXIMATE ATTRACTIVE $800.00 SCOTT 2018 CATALOG VALUE.
Not listed in Alexander
Letter written in 1849 by a Mr. C. Christie, datelined Brooklyn, 19 Douglass Street (not listed in 1849 Doggett’s NYC Directory or 1850 Brooklyn City Directory) requesting the pardon of a William Schoolcraft, which was denied in Jan 1850 but accepted in July 1850, as recorded in the documents of the NY State Assembly and NY State Senate. There is some indication that Mr Schoolcraft may have been a counterfeiter or con man.
