BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1845 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO WALDOBORO MAINE...SLAVE SHIP CAPTAIN

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1845
Massachusetts

1845 stampless folded letter from R. F. Fletcher Company, Boston, to Isaac Reed & Co, Waldoboro Maine with a statement for groceries and insurance along with two personal charges.  One of the charges involves a Captain Kopperholt. According to historic records, Kopperholt was the captain of a Danish ship engaged in the slave trade. Fletcher & Company was a wholesale dealer in West India goods and groceries. More research is needed to determine the relationship here. Clean letter with typical small tear where seal was broken.