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US Harrodsburg KY 20 JUN Staunton VA 25c rate circular town postmark with PAID handstamp and manuscript 25 on legal stampless FC. Addressed to N. C. Kinney, Clerk of Circuit Superior Court in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, returning depositions. SummaryDate Letter Sent: 20 Jun (Pencil docketed circa 1847) Country of Origin: United States Country of Destination: United States Town Sent From: Harrodsburg, Kentucky Town Sent To: Staunton, Virginia Distance: Approximately 380 miles Significant Philatelic Details: Circular town date stamp reading "HARRODSBURG / JUN / 20 / KY." accompanied by a straight-line "PAID" handstamp and manuscript "25" rate mark. Also bears a manuscript notation "$1\frac{1}{4}$" ($1.25), reflecting a quadruplicate letter rate under the 1845 Postal Act (4 sheets or over 1.5 oz at 10c base rate over 300 miles) or 1825 multi-sheet legal packet rate. Names of Sender and Receiver: Sender: J. P. Thompson, J.P. (Justices of the Peace / Commissioners); Receiver: Nicholas C. Kinney, Esq., Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court Sociological, Historical, and Genealogical Details: Addressed to Nicholas Cabell Kinney (1793–1859), long-serving Clerk of the Circuit Superior Court of Law & Chancery for Augusta County in Staunton, Virginia. Docketing on reverse indicates the packet contained legal court notices and depositions in the chancery case of White & wife vs. Moore's Administrator, returned from Mercer County, Kentucky.
Transcription & TranslationOriginal Text(This item is an outer legal folded cover / address packet only. There is no interior written letter content to transcribe). Address Panel:
N. C. Kinney Esqr. Clerk of the circuit superior court of law & chancery for Augusta county Virginia
Staunton
Virginia Manuscript notations on front panel:
$1\frac{1}{4}$
PAID / 25
Paid by J. P. Thompson J.P.
By mail Docketing on Reverse:
White & wife vs. Moore's Admr & c.
6 Notices
Returned with the Depositions of Betsy Moore & c.
Commission enclosed
Postage 75 Research & Historical NotesSender & Receiver: Receiver: Nicholas Cabell Kinney, Esq. (1793–1859), prominent Staunton attorney and long-time Clerk of the Circuit Court of Law and Chancery for Augusta County, Virginia. Sender: J. P. Thompson, Justice of the Peace in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, acting as court commissioner to take depositions.
Historical & Legal Context: Inter-state legal packet containing cross-state depositions taken in Kentucky for an ongoing chancery suit (White & wife vs. Moore's Admr.) pending in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. Date Sent & Philatelic Markings: Postmarked on June 20 at Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Features a crisp circular date stamp "HARRODSBURG KY. / JUN 20", a straight-line "PAID" stamp, manuscript "25" prepaid postage, and total weight rate ledger marks
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