Click the images below for bigger versions: Wright, Alfred, Agent Delaware and Hudson Canal Co., Printed Circular Letter:
Conditions For The Sale And Shipment Of Lackawanna Coal To New England… Providence, R. I., April 12, 1853; and Autograph Letter Signed, Providence 22, March, 1854 to Messrs. Tileston & Hollingsworth, Boston
folio, printed circular letter and manuscript letter carried on a four-page folding letter sheet, formerly folded, postal markings and stamp on integral address leaf, small marginal defect to printed circular letter, which occurred when opening, else very good.
The printed circular
carries 16 conditions and rules for the shipment of Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna
Coal via the Delaware and Hudson Canal to customers in New England. Prices
quoted are for tons of coal delivered by either ship from Rondout, New York or
via cart from New York City. Sizes and grades of coal are also noted.