letter of tobacco

letter n _letter of tobacco_: Tobacco used to be sold in whole blocks, on which was stamped the brand name. My grandmother remembers "Home Rule", "Mount Bernard" and "Beaver" brands. A letter of tobacco was a small piece of tobacco with only one letter, or part of a let...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53126
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Summary:letter n _letter of tobacco_: Tobacco used to be sold in whole blocks, on which was stamped the brand name. My grandmother remembers "Home Rule", "Mount Bernard" and "Beaver" brands. A letter of tobacco was a small piece of tobacco with only one letter, or part of a letter, visible. [image] [image] | | a block of a letter of tobacco. tobacco DNE-cit W. J. KIRWIN APR 1973 JH APR 1973 Used I Used I Not used letter of tobacco Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 17 Jul 2015, stamped but not used