Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A letter sent by a vessel which does not carry mail.
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Examples
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At 9_d. _ each letter, the additional packet postage beyond the ship-letter rate, would be 10,875_l. _ gained to the British Post
A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World James MacQueen
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This originated the ship-letter system, by which letters are now conveyed to every part of the world visited by private ships.
Post Haste 1859
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With that, she produced the ship-letter that had put her in such spirits, legibly dated some twenty-two days ago.
The Twins A Domestic Novel Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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With that, she produced the ship-letter that had put her in such spirits, legibly dated some twenty-two days ago.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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Mr.G. R. Huddlestone, superintendent of the ship-letter office, gave an account of the illicit sending of letters from London to the outports to go by sea.
Cheap Postage Joshua Leavitt 1833
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