Autograph Letter signed ("Nath' Hawthorne"), to "Dear Sir" ("Collector of Customs / New York").
One page on light blue paper, with the handwritten heading "Consulate USA | Liverpool 2 Jany 1856". The text of this letter reads: I wrote to you on the 30 ult[im]o City of Washington that the Certificate of Registry of the SS Ericsson had been left behind. I now herewith enclose.....