1852 SFL Toronto (Ap 3 1852) to Detroit, rated “Canada 10 Cts” collect, ms “Via Windsor”, London bs transit (Ap 4) and red Windsor (AP 5). The business letter from Arthur Robertson to Alexander Davidson reads in part “and that not having been acknowledge, some foul play in the shape of robbing the mail may have been practised”. While the Postmaster General’s letter book for the time does mention the occasional extraction of money from envelopes and lost letters, most situations are resolved. There is no letter from Robertson to the PMG recorded in his letter book reporting any loss (LAC RG 3 B.2.I, Vol. 366. T-3850). Perhaps he did eventually write? (Image)