Lot
418 
Liberia, "Settra Kroo, Aug 12th 1857", datelined folded letter from Missionary Washington W. McDonogh to New York with some content concerning the disrepair of the house and good health, noting in postscript "My school has been very prosperous for the last six months numbering fifteen Native boys but I am sorry to say that owing to the scarcity of provisions I have been compelled to turn off mine"; carried by private ship to Baltimore, entered mails with blue "Baltimore Md. Oct 5" cds and matching "Ship" and "5" rating handstamps; file fold, F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300.