"Sayer's Plantation, January 1, 1836. Dateline at end of yellow folded letter from John L. Sleight to his uncle Cornelius in Sag Harbor N.Y., carried from Texas and placed into the New Orleans post office as a ship letter, blue "New Orleans La. Jan. 29" circular datestamp with matching "SHIP" handstamp, magenta manuscript "27" rate, historical content regarding the siege and capture of Bexar (San Antonio) and the death of Col. Benjamin Rush "Ben" Milam: "At present we are all rejoicing here. Our besieging Army has captured San Antonio and expelled every Mexican from our soil....In our rejoicing we have mourning also. We have lost our noblest and bravest Commander...", some other interesting commentary, Very Fine

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