Unused on cover / entire letter 1849 (16 Aug.) entire letter from Capt. Rufus S. Parker to Castine, Maine, showing "NEW-YORK/SHIP/12"cts" c.d.s. and a further indistinct c.d.s. alongside, both in red; the writer refers to the loss of his ship, the brig Susan Currier, on the reefs north east of Grand Turk, most of the cargo being saved though damaged, the hull being a total loss