Liverpool to Charleston S.C. via Nassau. Cover addressed to "Theo. D. Wagner Esq., Messrs John Fraser & Co., Charleston So. Ca.", the letter (which no longer accompanies) datelined Liverpool June 5, 1863, from C. Prioleau, manager of Fraser Trenholm & Co. office, the addressee, Theodore Wagner, was president of the parent company John Fraser & Co., carried entirely outside mails with enigmatic notation "Baltic", slight toning, Very Fine, carried on Cunarder Scotia, dep. Liverpool Jun. 6, 1863, arr. New York Jun. 15; then Cunarder Corsica, dep. New York Jun. 20, arr. Nassau Jun. 24; then blockade-runner Raccoon, dep. Nassau Jul. 15, arr. Charleston Jul. 19; on this trip the Raccoon ran aground off Sullivan's Island, but the crew and mail were saved (they burned the ship); this was the first Fraser, Trenholm & Co. departure after June 24, 1863, which would have been used by a Fraser & Co. representative; the Raccoon active Dec. to Jul. 1863, 2 for 3 in successful trips

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