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Object number2022.00007.7
TitleLetter sent per Great Western, to Philadelphia in 1845
Creator Shipley and Co Brown (author)
DescriptionA letter dated 19 March 1845 from Brown Shipley and Co. in Liverpool to Messrs Maslin & Pepper in Philadelphia. The letter concerns the shipping of an order of goods purchased from a Mr Henry Elwell. The company in Liverpool informes Maslin & Pepper that they will ship the goods to parties to be identified at New Orleans and then send an invoice for shipping chages to Philadelphia.
The external part of the letter caries various stamps including the '8' pre-paid charge, the black ship letter stamp of Liverpool from 29 March 1845, and the red ship letter stamp of New York from 16 April 1845. It is annotated to be sent 'per Great Western'.
Production date 1845-03-19 - 1845-03-19
Object nameletter
Object categorycorrespondence
Materialpaper
Techniqueprinted, hand-written
Dimensions
- folded height: 254 mm
folded width: 201 mm
unfolded height: 254 mm
unfolded width: 402 mm