cover Phila delphia, mostly clear red two-line straight line pmk. on back of 1770 folded printed circular to Marblehead, Mass., headed Philadelphia, April 5, 1770, brown-red '9 AP' Franklin mark, ms. '4' rate, Slave trade contents, the letter dicsusses a plan for 'gentlemen in the New England governments to make consignments of fish or Negroes for sale on the Island of Barbados, bills of exchange to be honored in NY, Rhode Island, Boston, etc., the printed letter portion is exceptionally well-preserved, the address panel has light soiling and some small erosions along cover file folds, otherwise fine strike, an excellent printed slavery document from the Colonial period, ASCC $750.00 est.

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cover Phila delphia, mostly clear red two-line straight line pmk. on back of 1770 folded printed circular to Marblehead, Mass., headed Philadelphia, April 5, 1770, brown-red '9 AP' Franklin mark, ms. '4' rate, Slave trade contents, the letter dicsusses a plan for 'gentlemen in the New England governments to make consignments of fish or Negroes for sale on the Island of Barbados, bills of exchange to be honored in NY, Rhode Island, Boston, etc., the printed letter portion is exceptionally well-preserved, the address panel has light soiling and some small erosions along cover file folds, otherwise fine strike, an excellent printed slavery document from the Colonial period, ASCC $750.00 est.