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Lot 1383 |
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Confederacy, "Free J. Davis, U.S.S.", manuscript frank as U.S. Senator on 1848 folded wrapper from New York to Adjt. General (Roger airmail Catesby) Jones in Washington, D.C., postmarked neat red New York c.d.s. and large blue manuscript "F" (Free); small repaired filing hole in center, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 1384 |
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Confederacy, General Hamilton P. Bee, Autograph Letter Signed "H. P. Bee"; folded letter datelined Goliad, Mar. 31, 1862, to D. E. Crosland at Indianola Tex., address panel initialled "H.P.B." and postmarked clearly struck "Goliad Tex." undated rimless circle with matching "5" in circle; neatly docketed, Extremely Fine; letter concerns an appointment to General Bee's staff.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
SAID TO BE ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED COVERS FROM GENERAL BEE.
Provenance: Birkinbine
Hamilton P. Bee was appointed Brigadier-General on March 4, 1862, just weeks before this letter was written. He commanded a military fort in Texas, overseeing the import of munitions and export of cotton across the Mexican border. He was later involved in the Red River campaign and other engagements, but was criticized for his battlefield command.
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Lot 1385 |
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Confederacy, General Joseph Reid Anderson, cover addressed entirely in his hand to his wife, "Mrs. Joseph R. Anderson, Mount Joy, near Pattonsburg [now Buchanan], Bot. Co., Va.", franked with a 5¢ blue (4) tied by blue Richmond c.d.s., Jun 4, 1862, Very Fine.
Estimate $400 - 600
Anderson was commissioned a brigadier general on September 3, 1861, but was wounded at Frayser's Farm on June 30, 1862 (a few weeks after this letter). He resigned his commission on July 16 and served the Confederate war effort in the Ordnance Department until the end of the war. As an industrialist, Anderson owned the Tredegar Iron Company, a major source of munitions and ordnance for the Confederate States Army. During the evacuation of Richmond on the night of April 2-3, 1865, as the retreating Confederate troops burned munitions dumps and industrial warehouses that would have been valuable to the North, Anderson is believed to have paid over fifty armed guards to protect his Tredegar facility from arsonists. As a result, the Tredegar Iron Works is one of the few Civil War era buildings in the warehouse district that survived the burning of Richmond.
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Lot 1386 |
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Confederacy, General Montgomery D. Corse, cover addressed entirely in his hand to his wife, "Mrs. Genl. Corse, at Mr Edmond Winstons, near Tatlorsville PO, Hanover Co., Va.", franked with a a pair of 5¢ blue (7) tied by "Gordonsville Va., Jan 27" c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 1387 |
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Confederacy, General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, cover addressed entirely in his hand to "Brig. Genl. W.E. [Grumble] Jones, Comd Valley Dist, Lacy's Springs [Va.]"; also "Private" and "Kindness of Th Williamson", Jackson has also written "Private" across the back flap; Very Fine and quite rare.
Estimate $4,000 - 5,000
Expertization: signed Brian Green with 2002 Edward Bomsey COA.
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Lot 1388 |
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Confederacy, Incoming Blockade cover from England, folded business letter datelined Liverpool, 4 June 1864 to Richmond with partial Jun 29 Charleston entry c.d.s. and oval "Steam-Ship" handstamp, very faint manuscript "12" rate in blue pencil, letter written on blank leaf of two-page printed letter from the same firm datelined London, 31 May; F.-V.F.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 1987 C.S.A. Certificate.
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Lot 1389 |
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Confederacy, Incoming Blockade cover from France, clear strike red forwarding agent's oval "G.A. Hopley, Charleston, SO. CA."on small envelope addressed to "Monsieur Petigner à Charleston" to which has been added "S/C" in another hand; docketed "Rec'd 6 July 1861", F.-V.F.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 2000 PSE Certificate.
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Lot 1390 |
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Confederacy, Norfolk Va. HSP, blue double circle datestamp Apr 2, 1862 with matching "Paid/5c" in circle on envelope to Richmond, manuscript "Postage Inside" indicating civilian Flag of Truce mail; light staining at right, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300
Expertization: 1988 PF Certificate.
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Lot 1391 |
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Confederacy, "Paid/5/Wm Smith/PM", manuscript in handstamped 38mm circle with manuscript "X" cancel on folded letter datelined Liberty, Miss., Sept 6, 1861, to Clinton La.; sealed tear at top to left of postmark, small abrasions affecting "5" and "Smith", soiling and internal splits, but a rare postmaster's provisional postmark.
Estimate $500 - 750
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Lot 1392 |
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Confederacy, [Richard Waterhouse], cover sent by military courier and addressed entirely in Waterhouse's hand to his mother "Mrs. Rose Waterhouse/San Augustine/Texas"; manuscript "Politeness of Srgt. Price" at lower left, light wrinkling, Very Fine.
Estimate $400 - 500
Expertization: Signed Brian Green.
A Mexican War veteran and Colonel of the 19th Texas Infantry, Waterhouse fought at Milliken's Bend, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and was appointed Brig. Genl. on Apr. 30, 1864 by Genl. Kirby Smith. The appointment was confirmed by the Senate on Mar. 17, 1865. War-dated material of Waterhouse's is very scarce.
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Lot 1393 |
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Confederacy, Vinton Miss, May 14, 1861, manuscript postmark and "Paid" on cover to Greenville, Tenn.; accompanied by original 4-page letter, mostly business/personal content, but includes two very political paragraphs, in part "…If nothing but blood will satisfy the tyrant at Washington, I hope he will have his desire met by short work. If the war must be bloody, be it so; but…Lincoln can never conquer the South. Even the women are aiming to resist. He has his choice: to acknowledge our independence or carry on a war of extermination…"; the cover is soiled, the letter Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 1394 |
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Confederacy, Williamsburg Va. HSP, blue double circle datestamp Nov 4 (1861) with matching "Paid" and "10" on envelope to New Orleans; enclosed soldier's letter, datelined "Head Quarters, La. Battalion" talks of being camped at "Spratby's(?) Farm…six miles from Williamsburg"; also mentioned: "…building log cottages for winter residences…"; Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200
Expertization: 1988 PF Certificate.
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Lot 1395 |
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Confederacy, Winchester Va. Oct. 1, clear c.d.s. on N.C. soldier's letter to Lenoir N.C. with handstamped "Due" and twice-struck "10" in circle indicating 20¢ due, endorsement of W.W. Lenoir, Capt Co A, 37 Reg. N.C.T., Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate $300 - 400
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