Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards
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This was the rate for a letter weighing less than 1/2 ounce going a distance of more than 300 miles, a rate which went into effect on 1 July 1845."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "Writing in March (no year given) from Craney Island, Virginia, David Shelton Edwards respond to his wife Harriet's requests for more servants and her dislike for teaching their children -- he explains that they do not have the money for any other options. He hopes to see her soon since the Raritan is planning to be in New York to pick up the new Commodore, but reminds Harriet that she must save her money to come and see him because he is broke. He tells the story of a Pvt. Midshipman King who was dismissed from the ship because he \"got high\" and updates Harriet on all of their friends that he has recently heard from. He closes by giving her some brief financial instructions and explains that they are currently at Hampton Roads and should be in New York soon."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "This letter is part of the correspondence of David Shelton Edwards between the years 1835 and 1848. The 48 letters from this period held by the National Postal Museum are primarily addressed to Edward's wife Harriet; in 1830, Edwards married Harriet Eliza Henry and they had two children, William and Harriet. They kept up a frequent correspondence when his naval service kept them separated. Between 1835 and 1848, Edwards served as a Surgeon at the hospital in the Pensacola Navy Yard, Florida; Fleet Surgeon to the West Indies Squadron; and Surgeon aboard many vessels engaged in the Mexican-American War. His naval career spanned from 1818 to 1861 and his last sea cruise ended in October of 1859 after which he retired to his family home in Connecticut except for a brief time spent at New Bedford, Massachusetts recruiting for the Union Navy during the Civil War. He died in Trumbull, Connecticut on March 18, 1874."}], "name": [{"label": "Writer", "content": "David Shelton Edwards, American, died 1874"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "American Expansion (1800-1860)"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Covers & Letters"}], "place": [{"label": "Place of Destination", "content": "New York"}, {"label": "Place of Origin", "content": "Virginia"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "paper; ink / handwritten"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "38.7 x 25.1 cm (15 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.)"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Postal Museum"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Covers & Associated Letters"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npm_1978.0652.45", "hash": "63cd5cad42e185d2cffbd9571f8992728bbe73c9", "docSignature": "572cd7a458b9bf25c40ebe2990c7559a", "timestamp": 1663786505, "lastTimeUpdated": 1657961588, "title": "Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards"}