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Clifton Springs Sanitarium (NY) cancelled envelope. April 18, 1903 - $85 (near Ann Arbor)
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Foster believed—as did many others of his time—that water therapy worked, especially water with sulphur. Native Americans had been using it there for hundreds of years, and the pioneers knew of it in the early 1800s.
The sanatarium eventually became the Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic, never losing sight of its consideration of alternative cures.
This envelope is postmarked “April 18, 1903” and has a beautiful picture of the newest building at the time. It’s addressed to “Mrs. O. V. Greenfield of Hastings, Mich, and was sent from Livonia, NY. On the back is another post mark verifying that the letter was received two days later on April 20—pretty impressive for so long ago.
The back of the envelope instructs post offices to return the letter if not delivered in x amount of days. And at the bottom is an interesting note, stating that undelivered letters mailed in hotel envelopes will be sent to the Dead Letter Office, unless a return address is provided.
This envelope is in pretty good shape for being over 120 years old.
Since I'm in Michigan, I will be happy to ship it free.