Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards
National Postal Museum

Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards

David Shelton Edwards, American, died 1874 · September 22, 1835

paper; ink / handwritten
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

The letter was sent unpaid and the Pensacola postmaster marked it in the upper right corner for 25 cents postage due at destination, the correct rate for a single sheet letter going a distance more than 400 miles.

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