Newburgh NY STEAMSHIP OWNER WEALTHY PASSENGER STEAMBOAT OPER LETTER SIGNED 1890

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Newburgh NY STEAMSHIP OWNER WEALTHY PASSENGER STEAMBOAT OPER LETTER SIGNED 1890:
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STEPHEN MOFFAT BULL

(1844 –1917)

AMERICAN STEAMSHIP OWNER WHO OPERATEDA LINE OF FREIGHT and PASSENGER STEAMBOATS BETWEEN NEWBURGH AND NEW YORK CITY fromthe 1860s – 1880s

NOTED WEALTHY WHOLESALE GROCER andSALESMAN OPERATING A LARGE SHIPPING STOREHOUSE ON THE CORNER OF FRONT AND FIFTHSTREETS IN NEWBURGH, NY in the 1890s!

Source: Newburgh: Her Institutions, Industries andLeading Citizens.

HERE’S AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BULL on Attractive “Skidmore& Bull” Letterhead, 1p., dated at Newburgh, Sept. 17, 1890 to noted USPension Attorney, D. W. Esmond regarding not receiving the money for the womansnote…

The letter measures 5 ½” x 9” and is in VERY FINE CONDITION!

NOTE: The biographical material pictured in the listing is included with the Autograph.

BIOGRAPHYOF STEPHEN M. BULL

In 1884 Mr. Bull owned a half-interest in a freight and steamboat line makingdaily trips between Newburgh and New York City.
On 26 May he married Martha Oakley, daughter of Samuel Oakley. Martha died inMay 1850. They had two surviving children, Emily Grace and John Springstead.

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