Lot
73 
(Sacramento) Mormon Island, Cala. Double-lined double oval postmark with "Dec'14" handstamped date and large "X" manuscript rate marking on cover to Maine, with original letter headed "Morman, Island Dec 12th 1854" with personal and religious content including "there is the least hypocrisy in California of any place I ever was in, every man acts out his own principal, the drunkard, the murderer, the gambler, the idolater, all this was carried on within a hundred rods of where I boarded…", light stain, Very Fine and a scarce example with handstamped date slug. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $325