cover 1840 (2 Nov.) commercial entire to London, carried in the Louisa Baillie, rated "8" and with a very fine strike of framed "INDIA LETTER/KINGSBRIDGE" in red on the flap. Very fine

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cover 1840 (2 Nov.) commercial entire to London, carried in the Louisa Baillie, rated "8" and with a very fine strike of framed "INDIA LETTER/KINGSBRIDGE" in red on the flap. Very fine
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Note: Readable contents include "The latest accounts from Chusan...state that the Admiral with the principle part of the fleet, would sail about the 7th or 10th inst for this station, that a more general possession of the Island of Chusan would be taken, by the establishment of an additional of military posts..."

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