Object Details
- Description
- Partial blue NEW ORLEANS postmark and PAID; WASHINGTON CITY D.C. red postmark and FREE; from New Orleans to a U. S. Senator in Washington, forwarded to Bentivoglio, VA; letter from an army colonel requesting help with a promotion request; the congressional franking privilege applied to both mail received and mail sent.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1845
- Medium
- paper; ink (blue, black, red)
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
