Lot
4144 
Steamer Patrick Henry, bold strike of red oval and matching "Paid. E.A. Dentzel" agent oval handstamp on blue folded cover to New Orleans La., bearing 1851, 3¢ dull red tied by circular grid cancel, manuscript "order per freight", Oct. 12th docketing; slightly restored at left, horizontal file fold affects 3¢, F.-V.F. Milgram No. 1057 Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
4145
Paul Jones, fancy ornate Eagle framed straightline handstamp on folded letter datelined "Steamboat Concordia State Room No. 9. Mississippi River near Col. Morgan’s Landing, 15 January 1845" addressed to New Orleans, the letter was putonto the New Orleans bound "Paul Jones" some 10 miles up river from St. Francisville.
Milgram No. 1063 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A postscript states "I shall not leave here before Thursday 25th Inst. Letters leaving New Orleans on Sunday morning per Paul Jones will reach me at Natchez". This was the fourth "Paul Jones" built in 1843 and ran the New Orleans - Waterproof La. trade.
Lot
4146
From Regular Freight Passenger Steamer Paul Jones, blue shield handstamp on 3¢ red on buff entire from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La.; typical filing holes, light wear, F.-V.F. Milgram No. 1066 Estimate $200 - 300.
The Paul Jones ran the Pittsburgh to New Orleans trade from 1855 to 1858. Said to have been the vessel that Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) took from Cincinnati to New Orleans when he became a Mississippi steamboat pilot. A side wheel steamer of 353 tons built at McKeesport Pa. in 1855. Operated under the Confederate flag until burnt on the Big Black River to prevent capture.
Realized: $280
Lot
4147
From Regular Freight Passenger Steamer Paul Jones, sharp strike of shield handstamp on 3¢ red Nesbitt entire from Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La., additional strike of handstamp on flap; usual filing holes, Very Fine, ex-Dr. Carroll Chase. Milgram No. 1067 Estimate $400 - 600.
This is a different "Paul Jones", the fifth of this name built in 1855 running Pittsburgh-New Orleans and later New Orleans-Camden on the Ouachita River.
Realized: $450
Lot
4148
From Steamer Planter, neat strike of cds cancels 3¢ red star die buff entire (U27) from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La.; usual filing holes, Very Fine and scarce. Milgram No. 1124 Estimate $300 - 400.
The "Planter" of 343 tons was built in 1860 at Wheeling Va. in 1860.
Realized: $250
Lot
4149
Steam Boat St. James, red double-oval handstamp on blue 1851 folded cover to New Orleans, La., endorsed "pr St. James" at bottom left and "B/L" at top right for bill of lading, signatures at right; horizontal fold, Very Fine, ex-Haas. Milgram No. 1310 Estimate $400 - 600.
The "St. James" exploded on Lake Pontchartrain on July 5, 1852, killing 30 people aboard.
Realized: $375
Lot
4150
Steamboat "St. Martin", manuscript endorsement on folded bill of accountant datelined "Nouvelle Orleans 15 Mars 1833" addressed to the cotton plantation Delage at the False River located in Port Coupee Parish, carried to Hermitage located opposite Port Hudson at the mouth off the False River, treated as Bill of Lading even though not endorsed, Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
The "St. Martin" of 143 tons was built at New Albany Ind. in 1832 and enrolled at New Orleans in May 1833 with the Union Steamboat Co. as owner.
Lot
4151
Steamer Vicksburg, blue rectangular handstamp on 3¢ pink entire (U58) to New Orleans La., endorsed "Per Steamer 'Vicksburg' " at top left, clean and Very Fine, a choice strike. Milgram No. 1413 Estimate $300 - 400.
The Vicksburg of 572 tons was built at New Albany in 1861 as the Louisville. She served as a Union gunboat and sold to Daniel T. Head in 1865 and renamed Vicksburg. Ran the Vicksburg to New Orleans trade during the cotton seasons and burnt in July 1869.
Realized: $650