National Postal Museum
Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards
David Shelton Edwards, American, died 1874 · March 25-29, 1848
The letter was carried by steamboat from Vera Cruz, Mexico to New Orleans, Louisiana on a vessel that did not have a contract to carry mail. To indicate that a steamboat was the source of the letter entering the U.S. mail system, the New Orleans clerk struck the handstamp "STEAM."
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