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Auction 40

Lot 833

China, 1837 (Aug. 17), stampless letter from Canton to New York, USA, from Shepherd Wetmore to his cousin Samuel Wetmore in New York. The letter, carried privately by a ship captain as a courtesy, notes "original sent via Java"; it discusses opium, tea, silk and copper trading. A most interesting early commercial letter, Very Fine.
Estimate $350 - 500.

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