Lot 1192
(North West Territory) "Marietta, 12 Feby.", manuscript postmark and "25" cent rating on folded letter datelined "Point Pleasant January 20th 1800" to Southington Conn., letter from Enos Atwater to his brother reading in part "…I am sorry you accuse me of not writing to you these twenty years past as I have certainly written several to the family, which must have been miscarried" and concerning father's estate that he was maybe left out of as a result; light soiling, Very Fine; with 1990 A.P.S. certificate.ASCC $2,500 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
A RARE NORTHWEST TERRITORY USE WITH A MARIETTA POSTMARK.
Realized: $525