Steamer Latona (Ouachita River) red boxed handstamp, fancy script, on January 2, 1851 folded letter regarding cargo, including cotton, from New Orleans to Monroe, Louisiana

Ouachia River Packet Mayflower (Ouachita River)  Nov 29 1869 double oval datestamp on 3c pink 1864 issue entire to New Orleans

Steamer Messenger (Alabama and Mississippi Rivers) watery brown ink, ornamented oval handstamp on cover to New Orleans, 3c dull red (#26, cut at left) tied by manuscript cancel

Packet Monarch (Alabama River) red ornamented and shaded handstamp on January 1, 1852 folded letter from Fairfield, Alabama to (Mobile), their double oval "Steam 5" due handstamp

Sun-Flower River Packet News Boy Dec 10 1868 (Sunflower River) double circle datestamp on 3c pink 1864 issue entire to New Orleans, the Sunflower River is a tributary of the Yazoo River

Ouachita Packet New World, Len Moore, Master (Ouachita River) red ornamented oval handstamp on April 10, 1851 folded letter from Camden, Arkansas to New Orleans, entered the mails with "Way 11 Cents" handstamp and red New Orleans postmark

Old Hickory (Mississippi River) orange red boxed handstamp on June 7, 1857 folded letter from New Orleans to Palmyra, Missouri, entered the mails at St. Louis, Missouri with their red "Steam 10" handstamp

Pitser Miller (Ohio River) lime green straight line handstamp on September 5, 1849 folded letter from Memphis, Tennessee to Cincinnati, Ohio, entered the mails with their orange red "Sep 10" postmark with integral "10" rate and matching "Steam" handstamp (see following for companion letter carried on same trip that did not enter the mails), ex Jarrett

Pitser Miller (Ohio River) lime green straight line handstamp on September 3, 1849 folded letter, endorsed "valuable" that mentions enclosing a check for $4,323, from Memphis, Tennessee to Louisville, Kentucky (see previous for companion letter carried on same trip that entered the mails), ex Jarrett

From the Red River Packet Moro, Jos Aguader Master, (Red River) J. Amsden Ca, red oval handstamp on 3c red Nesbitt entire to New Orleans, entered mails with black "Steam" cancel and matching New Orleans "Nov 27 1860" postmark

Steamer Garry Owen N. Bouchma, Master (Mississippi and Ouachita Rivers) bluish oval handstamp on 3c green 1870 issue entire from Trenton, Louisiana to New Orleans,

From Steamer R.W. Powell (Mississippi and Red Rivers) dark green oval handstamp, perfect strike, on 3c red Nesbitt entire to New Orleans, entered mails with "Steam" cancel

Princeton (Ouachita River) red, ornamented boxed handstamp on January 10, 1849 folded letter relating to cargo from Union County, Arkansas to New Orleans, ex Jarrett

Ouachita Packet Princeton (Ouachita River) blue, cotton bale illustrated, fancy handstamp on folded letter dated February 26, 1848 from Beach Hills, Louisiana to New Orleans, letter mentions sending one bale of cotton and other goods

By Steamer Rapides (Red River) boxed, steamer illustrated handstamp, very detailed illustration, under-inked strike, on 3c red Nesbitt entire to New Orleans

Regular Tuesday Packet Rescue, For Demopolis, Bladon & Cullums Springs, Capt. H.R. Johnston (Alabama River) blue oval handstamp vertically at left of small cover to Washington, Louisiana, entered the mails at Mobile with 3c dull red (#26, faulty) tied by "Steamboat" straight line handstamp, matching "Jul 8 1860" double circle postmark, exSomdal

Str. St. Nicholas Leaves N.O. Mar 2 (Ohio River) blue datestamp struck twice on 3c pink 1864 issue entire to New Orleans, Louisiana

Star Spangled Banner (Ohio River) stenciled packet mark on January 23, 1847 folded letter from New Orleans to Cincinnati, Ohio, entered the mails with their orange red "Feb 2" postmark, matching "Steam" handstamp and manuscript "10" rate, ex Haas

Natchitoches Packet Swamp Fox (Red River) red double oval handstamp on cover to New Orleans, 3c dull red (#11) tied by by black "Steam" cancel, matching New Orleans "Feb 1" postmark

Packet P.C. Wallis, Capt G.W. Carras, Master (Mississippi River) blue double oval handstamp on 3c red Nesbitt entire to New Orleans, entered the mails with red New Orleans May 13 postmark and their "Steam" handstamp