Lot 1136
Confederacy, Alton, Ill. (former State Penitentiary), manuscript examiner's marking "Ex J.B.M." on envelope from the Brown correspondence to Jackson, Tenn. "Care Gen. J.A. Logan" (commander of military post there), bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by target in blue, "Alton Ill./Jul. 23 1862" double-ring datestamp, with original enclosure datelined "Alton Illinois, July 23 1862", and mentioning 600-800 prisoners and an attractive town with a population of 8000, faults including part of flap at back missing, Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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