1810 Benjamin Joy, Boston, MA to William Crosby, Belfast Maine, 1st US Consul India

1810 signed folded letter with fancy 7 stars "fancy" circular date stamp cds cover, Boston, MS Oct 13 from Benjamin Joy (1719-1810) to William Crosby, Belfast, Maine.

Condition as pictured.

Additional information about Benjamin, 1st US Consul in Calcutta Joy:  https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-25-02-0083

"President George Washington, on November 19, 1792, nominated Benjamin Joy of Newbury Port as the first American Consul to Kolkata. With the advice of Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson later the third President of the United States and consent of the Senate, President Washington commissioned Joy to that office on November 21, 1792.

Joy, however, reached Kolkata only in April 1794. He was never recognized as Consul by the British East India Company but was permitted to “reside here as a Commercial Agent subject to the Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction of this Country…”.

Despite this rather inauspicious beginning, Benjamin Joy’s arrival was the beginning of a long official American relationship with Kolkata – and, indeed, with all of India."

https://in.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/kolkata/about-the-consulate/