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Lot 746

two-line datestamp on folded letter to Philadelphia, franked "District of N. Hampshire Supervisors Office, Free", vertical file folds, otherwise very fine, under the Ordinance of 1782 mail could be sent free to the heads of the Departments of Finance, War, and Foreign affairs, and as such this letter to an accountant in the Department of War qualified for the franking privilege