[STEAMSHIPS]. Memorandum Orders on mail steamers plying between Bermuda Hundred, Washington DC.
Sale 1194 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Jun 26, 2023
Lots Close
Jul 7, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$250 -
$500
Sold for $158
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[STEAMSHIPS]. Memorandum Orders on mail steamers plying between Bermuda Hundred, Washington DC.
3 pages, 7 15/16 x 12 1/8 in., on bifolium. Creasing, toning, light separations and wear to edges and corners. Docketed verso.
Manuscript "Memorandum Orders on Mail Steamers plying between Bermuda Hundred & Washington City and intermediate points." Consisting of 30 directives for such vessels including "4. No Smoking allowed in the Saloons," "12. No gambling whatever allowed on bord [sic] of boat," and "28. All prisoners turned over by Captain Dallas P. M. at Washington, Lieut Col. Conrad P.M. at Fortress Monroe and P.M. at City Point, Va, will be taken charge of by the Guard and delivered as ordered, taking receipts for same."
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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