1796 folded letter to Philadelphia datelined "Allentown Aug't 16 96", endorsed "By stage" at lower left and "B" on reverse, overall wear and toning, still fine appearance
The Burlington Stage Line and The Bordentown & New York Stage Line competed at this time over the same route. Normally, it would be impossible to tell which stage line carried this letter because of the absence of some notation on the cover, but in this case the contents mention “Mr. Shore’s Boat, Burlington”. The letter is endorsed “B” which possibly refers to the Philadelphia/Burlington Stage Boat since the letter “B” commonly was used to reference travel of mail by water.