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SUPERIORITY 1830-1837                                                                      The'Ihames
           Red  Swallowtail Line                                                                      Last Voyage
                                                                                               Temporary Charter




                                               PHILADELPHIA TO L0:'.\1DON
                                         (VIA Nm  YoRKA."1D PLY\10UTH, EXG.




































                                        Letter  posted  endorsed  for  London  packet.
                                          ew  York  considered  the  Blue  Swallowtails
                                          apoleon,  but  too  late.   Dispatched  on
                                        chartered  packet  Thames.  Mail  put  off at
                                        Plymouth, packet proceeded to London.



                                                                         Postal Rates
                                      Ship Information
                                                                   United States        25¢
                                   The  Thames  departed            2xU1h=25¢
                                   New York July 1,  1833          Great Britain       3/2d
                                                                    (2 x 8d) + (2 x lld) = 3/2d.
                                   arrived London August
                                                                    Ship Letter fee plus inland.
                                          11,1833
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