Dear Kid, Shirt Cuff Postcard, Mailed NYC to Philadelphia, 1860s antique ashanti weight and used to sharpen pin

and used to sharpen pin and needles

I find the ends of the cloth label as they wrap around the corners

3 7/8" t x 1 5/8" in diameter

Godey from 1830–1878

and makes me happy every time I look at it

Dear Kid, Shirt Cuff Postcard, Mailed NYC to Philadelphia, 1860s antique ashanti weight and used to sharpen pinFound at the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair, this thing makes me really happy and even if one occasionally has an issue with the US Postal Service, it's pretty amazing that a series of postal workers would see to it that a stamped shirt cuff with handwritten address would make it from New York to Philly in the 1860s! It reads: "Dear Kid, When are you coming over. Try and make it soon. Don't see your tailor without seeing our styles. My regards, to all