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1811 Free Frank - Lindsley Town NY (1804 - 1828)
This stampless letter has a lot going for it. Lindsley Town is not listed in either my copy of Helbock or on Jim Forte’s extensive listing of Post Offices. Smith/Kay lists it with the dates listed above and names the Postmaster as Eleazer Lindsley. In 1828 the name changed to Lindleytown (no “s”) with a different Postmaster. In 1881 it changed to its current name of Lindley.
The letter itself was written by Eleazor to his daughter in Connecticut. I think it is quite readable and you may enjoy doing so. Family problems are nothing new. Human nature hasn’t changed much in the 214 years since this was written.
Google “ e lindsley lindley ny” and page after page of of genealogical information appears. Quite the family. At some point they dropped the “s”.
While Lindsleytown was not incorporated in 1820 it’s population was was counted under the Town of Painted Post which had a total population of 988.
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These are two new additions to my stampless collection. I bought for the markings, Roman Numerals "V & X", five and ten, both from the same town, Waterford, NT.
This is the first cover.
The back of the first cover shows it is a mourning cover with black edging with a tiny label.
I found the meaning of the label using "Grok". Grok is a powerful search engine.
"Hope weel and hae weel" is a traditional Scots proverb that means:
"Hope well and have well"
(or more naturally in English: "Think positively and you'll do well" / "Have good hopes and you'll have good outcomes").
Hope weel = Hope well (have good/high hopes, be optimistic).
Hae weel = Have well (fare well, prosper, succeed, or literally "have good things").
"Hope weel and hae weel" is a traditional Scots proverb that means:
"Hope well and have well"
(or more naturally in English: "Think positively and you'll do well" / "Have good hopes and you'll have good outcomes").
Hope weel = Hope well (have good/high hopes, be optimistic).
Hae weel = Have well (fare well, prosper, succeed, or literally "have good things").
This is the scan of the second cover.
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1811 Free Frank - Lindsley Town NY (1804 - 1828)
This stampless letter has a lot going for it. Lindsley Town is not listed in either my copy of Helbock or on Jim Forte’s extensive listing of Post Offices. Smith/Kay lists it with the dates listed above and names the Postmaster as Eleazer Lindsley. In 1828 the name changed to Lindleytown (no “s”) with a different Postmaster. In 1881 it changed to its current name of Lindley.
The letter itself was written by Eleazor to his daughter in Connecticut. I think it is quite readable and you may enjoy doing so. Family problems are nothing new. Human nature hasn’t changed much in the 214 years since this was written.
Google “ e lindsley lindley ny” and page after page of of genealogical information appears. Quite the family. At some point they dropped the “s”.
While Lindsleytown was not incorporated in 1820 it’s population was was counted under the Town of Painted Post which had a total population of 988.
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re: Random picks from our Collections - Part 2
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re: Random picks from our Collections - Part 2
These are two new additions to my stampless collection. I bought for the markings, Roman Numerals "V & X", five and ten, both from the same town, Waterford, NT.
This is the first cover.
The back of the first cover shows it is a mourning cover with black edging with a tiny label.
I found the meaning of the label using "Grok". Grok is a powerful search engine.
"Hope weel and hae weel" is a traditional Scots proverb that means:
"Hope well and have well"
(or more naturally in English: "Think positively and you'll do well" / "Have good hopes and you'll have good outcomes").
Hope weel = Hope well (have good/high hopes, be optimistic).
Hae weel = Have well (fare well, prosper, succeed, or literally "have good things").
"Hope weel and hae weel" is a traditional Scots proverb that means:
"Hope well and have well"
(or more naturally in English: "Think positively and you'll do well" / "Have good hopes and you'll have good outcomes").
Hope weel = Hope well (have good/high hopes, be optimistic).
Hae weel = Have well (fare well, prosper, succeed, or literally "have good things").
This is the scan of the second cover.
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