ISLAY - VERY RARE RED MANUSCRIPT "Ship letter" BESIDE "BOWMO...

ISLAY - VERY RARE RED MANUSCRIPT "Ship letter" BESIDE "BOWMORE" MILEAGE REMOVED MARK: 1 Jan. 1829 E to London ex New Brunswick, rated "1/10½". Lloyds List No. 6410 reports "The Wilson [...] put in here yesterday [in Bowmore] she ran foun of the Schooner Mary of Rothesay and carried away her bowspirit", thus sent on in March & endorsed "Ship letter" with boxed "BOWMORE" mileage removed mark (part frame lost with seal). One of only two recorded examples.Cross Reference: CANADA, SHIP LETTERS, NEW BRUNSWICK