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 1815-04-30 DETROIT M.T.--WAYNE CO.--RED #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND RED MS 30 WAR RATE--THE ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1814 EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1815 INCREASED POSTAGE RATES 50 %. THE ZONE RATE FOR 300 TO 500 MILES OF 20 CENTS WAS INCREASED TO 30 CENTS AS RATED ON THIS COVER. THE INCREASED RATE WAS IN EFFECT FOR 13 MONTHS.--TO JAMES C. SCOTT AT CINCINNATI FROM C.S. CLARKSON AT DETROIT---GENERAL MCARTHUR FURNISHED MEN TO ACT AS THEIR ESCORTS; LT. DOHERTY JOINED THEM AS A TRAVELING COMPANION IN CHILLICOTHE; THEY BOARDED AN OPEN BOAT IN SANDUSKY AND WERE JOINED BY CAPTAIN GIST OF THE 28TH, WHO ACCOMPANIED THEM TO THE MOUTH OF THE PORTAGE RIVER;THEY ENJOYED THE GREAT QUANTITY OF WATER FOWL; DETAILS OF CONDITIONS OF THEIR TRAVELS; NO NEWS OF COL. COULEY, OF WHOM SCOTT'S MOTHER HAD REQUESTED HE ASK--GENEALOGY 6---EX-SCHMALZRIEDT---EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 65 $225-- 3 pgs--COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Date: 1815-04-30 , Associated Pages:()