, Letter, , Sangamon Co., IL, to JS, , Hancock Co., IL, 14 Mar. 1843; handwriting of ; endorsement in handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; one page; JS Collection, CHL.
Postage in unidentified handwriting. Springfield was approximately 130 miles from Nauvoo. The regular rate for a single sheet at this distance was 12½ cents. It is unknown why the postal clerk wrote “02” here. (See An Act to Reduce into One the Several Acts Establishing and Regulating the Post-Office Department [3 Mar. 1825], Public Statutes at Large, 18th Cong., 2nd Sess., chap. 64, p. 105, sec. 13.)
The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845. . . . Edited by Richard Peters. 8 vols. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1846–1867.