1849 (23 March) FL written at San Juan del Norte by a passenger on the first trip of "Eudora" (small steamboat built by Gordon's passenger Line in Nicaragua to ascend, with passengers and mail, the San Juan River to Lake Nicaragua, and then to proceed onward to the Pacific Ocean), letter entered U.S. mail at Galveston, Tex, with red May 7 pmk, supported by "SHIP, addressed to Philadelphia, some overall toning, nevertheless a fine Gold Rush letter from the first "Via Nicaragua" transit (Image)

Est.$500