This 1888 item is more interesting for its being postmarked Hambleton, than for the contents. Located 3 miles north of Trappe, it was originally named Hole in the Wall in the 1700s. The name was changed to honor a local farmer Col. Samuel. Hambleton when it got a post office in 1873. Otherwise the letter is from H, A. Corkran to Addison Leonard informing him of his inability to collect on a debt owed to Leonard and suggesting the loan be extended. Courtesy Gretchen Seymour.