Lot 3212
Canada-C.S.A. Conspiracy, 18-page letter datelined Erie, Pa., Nov 25 and 26, 1862, three pages of which deal with the war, specifically the "plot concocted in Canada, originating in Richmond, to seize vessels on Lake Erie and then make a descent on Johnson's Island and release the Rebels there confined." Nothing came of the plot "but the alarm has had at least one good effect - it has given the Government an opportunity to put the Lake cities in a state of defense…to resist, if not a Rebel, a British and Canadian attack, which would doubtless sometime be made." letter later also mentions "…a glorious victory in…Chattanooga…2000 prisoners and other things in proportion." Very Fine; includes the original cover, a 3¢ entire (faulty) bearing a 3¢ 1861 addressed to Lt. Col. D.B. McCreary, 145th Regt. Penna. Vol., Army of the Potomac, Washington, D.C.
Estimate $100 - 150
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