Lot 3049
1797 (Jun. 7) Kingston, Jamaica to Philadelphia Pa. via New York, datelined folded letter addressed to George Thatcher at Congress, carried by private ship to New York, entered mails with "N. York June 7" straightline postmark and matching "Free" rating handstamp, red manuscript "Sh" ship rating, Very Fine and scarce Free ship use.Estimate $150 - 200.
The addressee, George Thatcher (1754-1824) graduated from Harvard in 1776. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and was later elected by the District of Maine as a Federalist to every Congress from 1789 until his retirement in 1801. He once wrote "Parties are not necessary to the existence or support of political liberty". He did not think a Bill of Rights was necessary either.
Realized: $130