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lot # 1003 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
red datestamp on 1834 folded letter to Princeton, Illinois, manuscript "18¾" rate, datelined "Worcester [Illinois] Nov 8th 1834", written by C.P. Hitchcock to his sister, includes information about early life such as "I have learnt that an opportunity offers for sending letters to Chicago...", light aging and splitting along the folds, still a fine and rare early personal letter from Chicago, Worcester (now Barry) was located on the opposite side of the state as Chicago which explains the delay in posting this letter
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