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EFFECT OF STEAM 1838 -1840 Complete Voyage - The Columbus

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CHICAGO TO M INTLAW, SCOTLAND
(VL\. NEW YoRK AND LIVERPOOL)

Ship Information
Columbus departed
~e'v York February
1 1838 arrived
Liverpool February
2 1 38. Served as
a packet for 11 years,
be oming a regular
tra er in 1845.

Postal Rates
nited tates
Great Britain
d .,. 13d .,. = l d or
9

Letter posted from Chicago to packet in New ork. Note
the 1hd wheel tax.

LEITH ScoTL ~To RlcID1oxn.

VL\ EDD."BVRGH L IVERPOO A.. "'\'D

Double letter to addressee
..
.. L.".,t ' !,.
in Liverpool, forwarded
to Richmond. Note 1hd
wheel tax marking in blue
applied in Leith.

Ship Information
Columhus departed
Liverpool on the
return leg March 18
1838, arrived New
York April 17, 1838.

Postal Rates
Great Britain 2/91h
8d + (2 x 1/-) +hd = 2191/i
1
United States 391h¢
(2 x 1834¢) + 2¢ = 39 h
1