folded letter to Crossen, Prussia datelined "Galveston March 25/60" with matching "Galveston Tex Mar 27 1860" double circle datestamp, endorsed "pr first Steamer for Europe", "New York Am. Pkt. 23 Apr 7" datestamp, carried by Vanderbilt's Illinois departing New York April 7 and arriving Havre April 24, backstamped Aachen, very fine, the first of five voyages by Illinois for the line