A handwritten note from Shelbyville, Indiana, to T. S. Parvin in Iowa City reports that the writer mailed a $100 draft two or three months earlier and asked for a copy of the "Report-Proceedings And Encampment." Having received no book, he fears his earlier letter miscarried and asks Parvin to advise him. The card reached Iowa City in February 1884.
Parvin was a longtime Iowa City Masonic official and librarian, and the requested proceedings fit the fraternal business he handled.
Postcard Details
Message · English
Shelbyville Ind July 6, 73
Dr [illegible] Sir
Yours two or three months
ago I mailed your Draft of $100 [illegible]
Bk On Imp of the Pk N y for
& asked you to mail me Copy of
Report-Proceedings And Encampment
Not having rec'd the Book I fear my
letter has miscarried If not rec'd
please advise me, Courteously
[illegible]
Handwritten message on front; blue postmarks; no printed picture or caption; light staining and edge wear.
Postmark: faint, partly illegible circular cancel reading "[illegible]VILLE / IOWA"; separate receiving mark "T. S. PARVIN / FEB 8 1884 / IOWA CITY, IOWA" (struck twice), not a postmark. Undivided government postal card with "NOTHING BUT THE ADDRESS CAN BE PLACED ON THIS SIDE" imprint and one-cent indicium; light toning, small pencil dealer marks ("1/2" and "1.00") below stamp.
Cite this card
Handwritten postal card to T. S. Parvin, Iowa City, 1883, postcard, c. 1883. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/handwritten-postal-card-to-t-s-parvin-iowa-city-1883. Accessed November 2, 2026.
