cover 1813 (3 May) entire letter from Charleston, South Carolina, to Edinburgh, rated "7/6" (deleted) and "7/3", carried on the Brigantine Langdon Cheve bound for Lisbon, captured by H.M. Frigate Atalanta which arrived in Bermuda on 24 May, censored by the Vice-Admiralty Court and marked on reverse "opened by the Court of Vice Admiralty Bermuda" , this letter, the ship and cargo released on 24 June and allowed to continue to Lisbon, the letter then placed on a Packet for England and showing framed "PACKET LETTER/PLYM:DOCK", additional "½" h.s. and arrival c.d.s.; trivial faults in places though a rare Napoleonic Wars censored cover. Photo
cover 1813 (3 May) entire letter from Charleston, South Carolina, to Edinburgh, rated "7/6" (deleted) and "7/3", carried on the Brigantine Langdon Cheve bound for Lisbon, captured by H.M. Frigate Atalanta which arrived in Bermuda on 24 May, censored by the Vice-Admiralty Court and marked on reverse "opened by the Court of Vice Admiralty Bermuda" , this letter, the ship and cargo released on 24 June and allowed to continue to Lisbon, the letter then placed on a Packet for England and showing framed "PACKET LETTER/PLYM:DOCK", additional "½" h.s. and arrival c.d.s.; trivial faults in places though a rare Napoleonic Wars censored cover. Photo
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