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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | November 20, 1847 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Providence |
| To State | RI |
| Addressee | Wheaton & Jackson |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
Part of group lot of 9 cover sold by Robert A. Siegel sale 339 Sept 10, 1968 lot 92. Not illustrated in catalog.
Scott #1 tied by New York City red square grid to cover to Providence, RI, stamp creased. Red NEW YORK NOV 20 (1847) cds on sent to Wheaton & Jackson by RL & A Stuart.
Information from the Thomas J Alexander Papers, American Philatelic Research Library (ARPL), Bellefonte Pa courtesy of Tara Murray & her staff.
Alexander listed as 11/20/47
Samuel Wheaton and Thomas Jackson were merchants in Providence, imparters of goods from Spain and Porto Rico, and involved in the trade of cotton.
Robert Leighton Stuart (1806-1882) and his brother Alexander Stuart (1810-1879) manufactured candy at 93 Greenwich Street in New York (1847 Doggett’s). This business required the purchase of large quantities of sugar cane. At its peak, their factory refined 44 million pounds of sugar per year.
Scott #1 tied by New York City red square grid to cover to Providence, RI, stamp creased. Red NEW YORK NOV 20 (1847) cds on sent to Wheaton & Jackson by RL & A Stuart.
Information from the Thomas J Alexander Papers, American Philatelic Research Library (ARPL), Bellefonte Pa courtesy of Tara Murray & her staff.
Alexander listed as 11/20/47
Samuel Wheaton and Thomas Jackson were merchants in Providence, imparters of goods from Spain and Porto Rico, and involved in the trade of cotton.
Robert Leighton Stuart (1806-1882) and his brother Alexander Stuart (1810-1879) manufactured candy at 93 Greenwich Street in New York (1847 Doggett’s). This business required the purchase of large quantities of sugar cane. At its peak, their factory refined 44 million pounds of sugar per year.
