December 2009 Society Auction

Lot 2. Folded letter, Bayonne, 11 January 1777, ship letter to Plaine a Jacob, via Bordeaux and Jacmel. Markings include faint B in circle and a poor strike of JACMEL, Jamet #1 for that town. Postage due in Saint Domingue is 2 1/2 E. Letter is sound and very neat. Contents 2 1/2 pages of small, neat handwriting in French probably can be read with some difficulty. F/VF.