Constitutional Post cover
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Object Details
- Writer
- Joseph Warren
- Description
- This is a letter dated June 13, 1775 from Watertown, Massachusetts, written by Joseph Warren, to the Lieutenant Governor and Company of Rhode Island. The letter bears the only known marking from the Constitutional Post.
- Additional information on the history of this object is contained in the Accession Memorandum.
- June 13, 1775
- Object number
- 1985.0970.1
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 8 x 7 1/2 in. (20.32 x 19.05 cm) Height x Width (unfolded): 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (31.75 x 19.69 cm)
- Place of Origin
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island (colony)
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Colonial Era (1607-1776)
- National Stamp Collection
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_1985.0970.1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8d8cdcf96-1d35-43e4-97ff-6f0decde0e37
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