Item #23205
| Covers :: United States Postal History | ||
 | Stampless Folded Letter: 1801 Fort Wayne to Fort Washington (Cincinnati), Indiana Territory. A fantastic hand delivered letter from the C.O. of Fort Wayne to Commandant of Fort Washington. Letter starts: "Dear Sir, I am order by Col Hamstrand to send John Gafney (a soldier of my company) to Cincinnati and deliver him to the Civil Authority he being guilty of murder by stabbing another soldier with a large knife which killed him immediately on the spot ...... Capt Whitter, Commd". | Price: $400.00 Item #23205 |