JUN 1 1848 Baltimore MD Receiver Cds, Ms. "Way 5" Pmk to HENRY B CHEW TOWSONTOWN
- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : 2 Days
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- ID# : 214798847
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- Start : Sun 18 Dec 2022 11:14:07 (EDT)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
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Seller's Description
I believe this is the bio of the recipient:
Henry Banning Chew (1800-1866) spent the majority of his life in Maryland on the family’s farm Epsom. Henry married twice, first to Harriet Ridgely (1803-1835), daughter of a Maryland governor, Charles Ridgely, and then to Elizabeth Ann Ralston (1793-1862). The first marriage produced eight offspring, of whom only Charles, Benjamin, and Samuel lived past twenty years of age. The family lived first at the Ridgely estate known as Hampton and then at Epsom, in Towson, Maryland, where Henry kept slaves and operated a farm on the property. In addition to farming, he had a small venture shipping goods between mid-Atlantic and Caribbean ports on his schooner the Morgiana. He established the firm of Luke and Chew with William Luke in the 1820s, but the business did not succeed, and ended with a legal dispute between the two former partners. Around the same time, Henry B. Chew was vice-consul to Mexico, and invested money with his brother Samuel in the construction of a ship for the Mexican government. After his father’s death in 1844, Henry B. Chew became one of the principal administrators of his father’s estate, managing the family’s property holdings in western Pennsylvania, along with James M. Mason and Henry’s brother William.
You are purchasing a stampless folded letter. The letter was folded and has a "Way 19 3/4" marking - the "way" being the traditional way to mark letters that were given to post-riders directly on their "way" between post offices.
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Pony Express “Way” Mail Letters received by the main of?ces at the eastern and western ends of the route were packaged in oiled silk cloth to protect the mail against the elements, and these bundles were placed in three of the four mochilla pockets. The pocket in front on the left side was called the “way pocket.” All of the pockets were locked with small padlocks, and each home station keeper had a key to the way pocket. When the Pony rider arrived at the home station, the keeper would unlock the way pocket and add outbound mail. If there were any letters for station employees, they would be removed.
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| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 214798847 |
| Start Time | Sun 18 Dec 2022 11:14:07 (EDT) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 75 |
| Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United States |
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