Lot 005 – UNITED STATES: Stampless Colonial: Used to London: 1765 June Folded letter sheet

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UNITED STATES: Stampless Colonial: Used to London: 1765 June Folded letter sheet .bearing on reverse, brown-red American bishop mark 7 IV (no dividing line), two lines brown-red NEW YORK origin and a London 12/1Y circular receiver. Excellent strikes. On front. manuscript “1/s” (shillings). Docketing “No 13 New York a letter from the Revd Mr. Miner May 7? at West Chester dated New York June 7, 1765”. The letter (not accompanying) the letter “Read at Committee Sept 16, 1765” .
…Est. Cash Val. $250 – 300

This Letter is addressed to Reverend Dr. Daniel Burton. Burton was the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. This letter was sent by John Milner, who was a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG) sponsored by the Church of England in Westchester, New York, from 1761 to 1765, when he resigned after being accused of being a homosexual. He was an outspoken Loyalist and served St. Paul’s in Eastchester, St. Johns in Yonkers and sometimes in New Rochelle and Rye. He was quite a colorful and controversial character. He moved to Virginia and repeated his non-pastoral conduct. Forced to leave, he ended his days in England.