A handwritten letter from H. M. Cohen & Co. in New York, dated June 9, 1858, requesting a current price list of spoons from Luther Boardman in East Haddam, Connecticut. The letter also indicates that some cash for specific items is being forwarded. The letter is written in ornate script, typical of 19th-century correspondence. 3.
Subject: Pewter
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Pewter tankard engraved "To Lindsay Musel from Purser Etting New Year's Day 1855." Presented to Lindsay Musel by Purser Henry Etting on New Year's Day, 1855. Henry Etting (1799-1876) was a Baltimore-born Jew who served in the U.S. Navy for 53 years, retiring as a Commodore.