Lot
4356 
(Yazoo River Route 5714) From St. Bt. Monroe, red oval handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "Troy Miss. March 25th 1851" from the Carroll Hoy correspondence to New Orleans La. carried outside the mails but on the course of Route 5714, Very Fine, ex-John R. Hill Jr. Milgram No. 929 Estimate $200 - 300.
The "Monroe" of 183 tons was built at New Albany in 1848 for Isaiah King, Capt. Samuel Gwartney also acted as Master for this steamboat.