1839 New Orleans, LA stampless HATES MISSISSIPPI !! (02/11/2011)

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1839 New Orleans, LA stampless HATES MISSISSIPPI !!

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Sold Date: 02/11/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Stamps

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Fascinating and detailed 3 page stampless folded letter written March 24, 1839 by Charles Tiernan in New Orleans, Louisiana and sent to Luke Tiernan (his father) in Baltimore, Maryland. Tiernan has just arrived in New Orleans and rails against southern business practices - especially harsh on Mississippi. He says it's impossible to collect a debt in Mississippi because plantation owners will flee with their slaves to Texas. He says no one will pay unless forced by a marshall or a sheriff, and talks of "vile" churches and basically has nothing good to say about Mississippi "a shocking state almost if not bankrupt....." Lots to read and study in this amazing letter - great insights into the early financial and judicial system in the south! I did find some information about early Tiernan family investments - see link below: /49/us/414/john-murrill-and-the-bank-of-new-orleans-v-alexander-neill-and-william-t-somerville Postmark is a March 24, 1839 red New Orleans CDS that is 30 mm in diameter, the type with known usage from 1835 into 1850. Red manuscript 25 cent rate mark. Letter fully intact and in great shape. Terms $1.00 postage in the United States, and only $ 2.00 elsewhere. We combine postage for multiple purchases. Postal insurance and registration extra. We're members of the American Philatelic Society. We've been selling on eBay since July 1998 and - thanks to the support of customers like you - have a 100% feedback rating. !

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