One and one-half page autograph letter signed to the President and Directors of the Ocean Insurance Company
New York: September 5, 1821. Folio, on recto and verso of a single sheet, in ink. Charles Francis was the owner of the Middletown, Rhode Island brig Francis, which had been seized by H.M.S. Antelope near Antigua in the West Indies, "and carried forcibly into the port of St. Johns in that Island." The insurance company was apparently reluctant to pay for repairs, and Francis advises that he has "placed the policy, and papers, in the hands of my Solicitor, with instructions to proceed against you, for the recovery of the amount, as well as the expenses incurred therein." Even after the end of the War of 1812, it seems that the British were still taking prizes. Item #22673
Price: $225.00
