Steamboat "Kit Carson", ship endorsement on 1849 printed illustrated steamboat bill of lading to St. Louis and datelined "Jefferson City, May 15th, 1849" for bales of hemp; file folds, F.-V.F., the only known cover bearing this Missouri river steamboats name. Estimate  $300 - 400. Named after the famous western trapper, the Kit Carson was built near Pittsburgh in 1848 and sunk shortly thereafter in October of 1849. $0 (Image)