cover Salem (Mass.),1787, clear Confederation period bluish-black straight line pmk. on three page 1787 folded letter to Baltimore, headed 'Salem, 16, Nov. 1787', '17 NO' Franklin mark, ms. '5.0' rate, written by Elias Hasket Derby, one of America's wealthiest merchants of the time, contents mentions availability of tobacco and asks if the recipient is still under contract to Wm. Morris for the purchase of tobacco, only negligible splitting along file folds, otherwise very fine, scarce, ASCC $400.00 photo est.

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cover Salem (Mass.),1787, clear Confederation period bluish-black straight line pmk. on three page 1787 folded letter to Baltimore, headed 'Salem, 16, Nov. 1787', '17 NO' Franklin mark, ms. '5.0' rate, written by Elias Hasket Derby, one of America's wealthiest merchants of the time, contents mentions availability of tobacco and asks if the recipient is still under contract to Wm. Morris for the purchase of tobacco, only negligible splitting along file folds, otherwise very fine, scarce, ASCC $400.00 photo est.