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SUPERI 0RITY1830 - 1837 The Ontario - Forwarding Agent
RED SWALLOWTAIL LINE

First voyage under joint operations of the Red Swallowtail
and Black X Lines. This joint arrangement continued on
and off until 1852.

BOSTON TO SCHEIDAM (SKEEDAM), NETHERLANDS
(VIA NEw YoRK, LONDON AND ROTTERDAM)

Ship Information
Ontario departed
New York on January
20, 1833, put mail
ashore at Portsmouth
.· :--
February 11, 1833.
Ship continued to
London and arrived
February 18, 1833.
She replaced the
Brighton in 1830.

Postal Rates
r United States 1/ 4
0
Great Britain
Inland plus ship letter fee.
1/4
Transfer fee, collected in
Netherlands.
Netherlands 50
50 stuiver to be collected on
delivery.
1/4d debited to Great
Britain.

Letter carried to ship's agent in New York,
dispatched on packet. Forwarded by Baring
Brothers, London to Netherlands. Red
"England/ over Rotterdam" is a receiving mark
applied in Netherlands. Forwarding agent
Barings Brothers stamp in green not recorded in
Rowe.