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1843 MONEY LETTER SENT PRIVATELY ELLESMERE, SHROPSHIRE TO WEM MANUSCRIPT 'Obliged by Mr Gough'. Letter from Ellesmere, Shropshire April 18 1843 which contained £22 to be placed on credit, addressed to 'H John Barker Esq, Solr. Wem' with manuscript at lower left 'Obliged by Mr Gough'. Letter without postal markings or postal charge and sent privately by Mr Gough. This letter would have contravened the Post Office monopoly and therefore illegal. (Ref 145723).
