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1847 New Orleans, LA stampless MEXICO WAR SAILOR NEWS !

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Sold Date: 02/27/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Stamps

Postal History

Wow - awesome early postal history find here!! This two page stampless folded letter was written February 11, 1847 by Jno B. Murray aboard the United States Navy Ship HENRY LONG moored in New Orleans harbor and sent to his brother William Murray, a noteworthy early ship wright (ship builder) in New Albany, Indiana. The writer has just returned from a tour of duty in Mexico, he talks about the fortifications there, cannons, visiting the Lobos Islands, Tampico, Vera Cruz, MEXICAN WAR, ships, YELLOW FEVER, attack on Vera Cruz, naval strategy and much more. AMAZING early content and a very, very valuable letter here!!!!! "U.S. Schooner H. Long, New Orleans, Febr 11, 1847 Dear Brother & Sister, I received your kind letter the last time I was at New Orleans. I was verry happy to hear you are all well and I hope this will find you the same. I am thank god enjoying good health and I am very comfortably situated and has verry little to do now. I have go the Scn. in complete order we are waiting to get into dock to get coppered (?) for carpenters is verry good, the employers cannot get men enough to the work, the last gale of wind has damaged a good many vessels and some of the longest kind we carries from Tampico about ten days ago and mae along passage of 17 days hoever as belonging to uncle Sam we go slow and sure. When we left Tampico everything was gusted and sloops commenced coming in every day from all quarters the U.S. (Partone ?) cannon which is placed opposite a small and only road the Mexicans would have to take if the made attack on the place - every day there is vessels sailing with government stores and (principals ?) for Tampico and the Island of Lobos, a small place between Vera Cruz and Tampico, the intent to make a vigerous attack on Vera Crus by land which will be (?) by our navy on the seaboard the ought to commence as soon as possible befroe the summer season for the yellow fever and black fomet is a pervailing sickness on that coast in the summer months. William be sure to write me down ward and let me know how you are all getting along in the hooser country (Indiana) I expect it is verry cold however if it should so cold you mut a good fire in the stove and set down you and Jane and send me down a good long letter giving me every particulars. Give my love Grandfather and Grandmother Rhoads and the children, hoping they are all enjoying good health and please God if nothing happens, I think I will pay you all a short visit in the latter part of spring and then I will be able to give Grandfather Rhoads a full account of the Mexicans. Miss Sarah Jane for (mulche ?) John and tell him that she may see me soon to call (Bird ?) I see by the papers that the Steamer (?) Capt Montgomery is going up the river so I avail myself of the opportunity of sending this letter I have not received any letters from home and I do not know what it means I have writen to some friends in Baltimore to send me out word how things stand at home borther & sister I have nothing more particular to communicate nor I cannot say what part we shall be ordered to , I remain affectionals brother till death, Jno B. Murray. Please to write my address, first officer of U.S. Schooner Henry Long to the care of Arthur Mc Arthur,, Ship Chandler Old Levee, New Orleans, I send up a little bird for Sarah Jane by the Carpenter of (Glenco ?) " Enlarged scans provided for your research benefit. No postmarks that I see, hence this letter was no doubt carried by a steamboat captain up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers to make its way to New Albany. 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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