Here's an interesting read on the life of the named addressee, Henry Flanders, Esq., who was not only in the legal profession, but was also a prolific writer and lecturer. This was presented as something of a eulogy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School following his death in 1911:
If anyone's interested in reading the entire "book" on the life of Henry Flanders it is at this link:
So, Prize Court Commissioner handle law cases of the captured blockade runners and the mails carried by the runners presented as evidences. Am I correct? Here is another cover address to the same Henry Flanders, Prize (Court) Commissioner, Philadelphia. Note the notation "Schooner New On" (Schooner New Orleans?).
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