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Confederate blockade-run cover

Object Details

Description
This envelope is from one of the Hincks brothers to his father. The letter was probably placed aboard a blockade runner and handed over in Nassau to a ship bound for New Orleans. Upon arrival in New Orleans on January 8, 1865, the letter was treated as an unpaid incoming ship letter and marked with ten cents due.
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Recipient
Hincks
Date
January 8, 1865
Medium
paper; ink / handwritten, handstamped
Type
Covers & Associated Letters
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