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Shipboard letter from 18 year-old 49er

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Description

Heading: (California Gold Rush, 1849 – adventurous teenager writes while “rounding the Cape”)
Author:
Title: Shipboard letter from 18 year-old 49er while sailing around Cape Horn
Place Published:
Publisher:
Date Published: 1849
Description:

Alonzo E. Raynes. Autograph Letter Signed ("Alonzo), in ink and pencil. At Sea off Cape Horn, April 19, 1849. 1 pg. + stampless address leaf, postmarked New Bedford. To John Martin, Bangor Maine. A rare letter written on shipboard by a teenage49er while "rounding the Cape".

Condition

Some ink smudges and creases to the letter, otherwise very good

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Shipboard letter from 18 year-old 49er

Name: Shipboard letter from 18 year-old 49er
SKU: 33605550
Price: 650 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $400 - $600

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