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nine folded letters that entered the mails at Philadelphia, origins including Brazil, Cuba, France, Germany, most with Philadelphia datestamps and arced/straightline "Ship", manuscript rates or "6" in circle (Clarke 554), generally fine to very fine and interesting

manuscript endorsement on folded letter datelined "Hartford August 2 1717", addressed to New London, Connecticut, very fine, one of the earliest letters from Hartford in private hands, the sender, Captain William Pitkin III, would later become Deputy Governor (1754-1766) and Governor (1766-1769) of Connecticut, mail marked "On His Majesty's Service" were either handled by military courier or sent by the post and reimbursed by the government

manuscript notation on pay order signed by Ezekiel Williams and Oliver Ellsworth, ordering 9sh payment to John Lawrence, both Ellsworth and Williams served on Connecticut's Committee of the Pay-Table during the Revolutionary War, very fine, Ellsworth would go on to serve as a senator and the third chief justice of the United States

black straightline postmark on large part folded lettersheet to New Haven, red straightline "Paid." and manuscript "2.16" rate, small repair at top center, very fine strike, the only recorded example of this postmark according to the Duffney census, one of the key items for an early Connecticut collection