England To New York Via Baltimore Stampless Further Info

Second request of the night,

England to New York Via Baltimore,Transatlantic Per Ship "Medford"

Anyone tell me any further info,will be greatfully recieved Thanks

Date would help, as the rated did change at different times.

However, without that, I'd say that it was delivered by the Captain of the Medford to the Baltimore Post Office where it entered the mail. The rate between Baltimore and New York (approx 200 miles) was either 18.5 cents or 18.75 cents from 1816 to 1845. The Post Office added a 2c ship fee for letters handed in from non-contract ships (and your letter was so marked).

Therefore, 20 and a fraction cents (probably 1/2) the fraction is designated by the squiggle to the right of the "20"

A table of US rates can be seen at (a link I can't seem to get to work when I paste it in here), though it doesn't have things like the Ship letter fees.

Hope that helps.
Chip

Chip,link does not work.

hi yes thats great,the name search brings up two on wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Wells

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadwal...ham_%26_Taft

although I may be way off,
it would also be good to know more about the ship,or where to find the info,thanks

strange.
I have the link to the rates page in my browser bookmarks. When I paste it here, it looks the same. However, when I click on it, it doesn't come up.
This is the link address:
users.westelcom.com/gestus/PHrates.htm
When I copy the address and then paste it into a browser window, it works for me.
Your milage may vary.
Chip

Try this
http://users.westelcom.com/gestus/phrates.htm

!!

Thanks, Russ.
Should have figured out that the upper case was the issue.

It's a good site - I keep it bookmarked

Bookmarked, nice site Chip. Thanks Russ.