NEW YORK: BATAVIA 1839 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO BATES COOK, NY COMPTROLLER

Year: 

1839
New York

Clean letter with interesting rate of 36 1/4 cents.  Fractional amounts shoul not have been applied in that time period.  Also rate seems extremely high unless there was additional weight in the letter, which does not appear to be the case.  Long letter is from John Lowber regarding recognition of the Bank of Genesis.