Lot
987 
S.B. W. Tennessee (Ohio and Mississippi Rivers), ornate oval handstamp with angels on 1844 folded cover datelined "On board Steam Boat Dr. Franklin, 25th Nov. 1844" and addressed to Mount Vernon, Ind., endorsed at bottom left "Please forward this by first Louisville boat", also includes manuscript steamboat directive of the "Fawn" in the top right corner, Very Fine, a rare and attractive marking of which this is the only recorded example, Illustrated in Milgram.Milgram No. 1481 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
AN OUTSTANDING COVER WHICH WAS ON OR HANDLED BY FOUR DIFFERENT STEAMBOATS.
Letter with wonderful content, The "Steamer Warrior" on which we embarked sunk last night about sixty miles above Vicksburg - no lives were lost. Boat a perfect wreck. Eliza lost her trunk and her geranium parasol and my umbrella. The boat snagged near a wood yard and we did not discover that she was snagged until after we commenced. I had gone on shore and heard the cry that the boat was sinking. I ran back into the cabin and picked up cousin Jane's baby and told them all to follow me. We got off just in time before the boat put off for a bar opposite. She gained it with much difficulty and sank immediately above the lower deck. The "Franklin" was waiting alongside and I had the utmost difficulty in getting my trunk and a few band boxes on board. I am really thankful that it is no worse.