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VERY FINE. A TRULY REMARKABLE POSTAL HISTORY ARTIFACT, BEING THE OFFICIAL PLEA FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE GOVERNOR OF NEW BRUNSWICK TO THE CITIZENS OF PHILADELPHIA AFTER THE GREAT MIRAMICHI FIRE OF 1825.
The three-line plea penned on this cover on behalf of Governor Douglas barely touches the surface of the desperation he and his countrymen felt in the aftermath of the calamitous Miramichi fire of 1825. Although the exact loss of life and property has been debated by scholars, the devastation has been documented in numerous eyewitness accounts. Hundreds of homes burned to the ground. At least 150 and as many as 300 lives were lost. Cattle, livestock, forest and other essential components of the economy were destroyed. (For more information, go to http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/charlotte_taylor/Folder1/Mirami chi_Fire_of_1825.htm).
The solicitations for assistance sent out by Governor Douglas generated £40,000 for the relief of the Miramichi fire. The Robbinston Maine post office's uncharitable refusal to mark this letter free is somewhat ironic. Less than one year later, the Great Fire of 1825 in Brunswick, Maine, destroyed much of the town's buildings and property. (Image)