Lot 3658
Confederacy, Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, bold endorsement, "R.E. Lee Genl." on a field envelope in a rich deep yellow, addressed in his hand to "Mr. A.G. Mathews/Dublin P.O./Pulaski Co:/Virginia", fresh and extremely attractive, Very Fine.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
General Lee acquired from Mathews a riding horse, Ajax, who went with him to Lexington after the war; according to T.S. Dukeshire, this cover originally carried a thank-you letter dated March 4, 1864. The cover is accompanied by an E. & H.T. Anthony carte-de-visite, showing a photo of a lithograph portrait of Lee in uniform.
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