Lot
2744 
Liberia, Monrovia July 2nd, 1843, dateline on two-page letter to New York City, entered the mail s in New York with manuscript "6" rate, with manuscript "pr Br. Wm. Jamison/Cp. Brown ship endorsement", letter from Dr. James Day regarding difficulties with the ship captains Brown and Lawlin, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Dr. James Lawrence Day from Morristown, New Jersey became physician for the American Colonization Society to Liberia in 1840. Dr. Day spent three years in Liberia, 1840-1843, aiding in the welfare and success of the colony. In 1843 he served as the United States Agent to the West Coast of Africa.