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Auction: 318 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1535

Civil War Collection. 1) Civil War letter written from Concord, NC between June 24th and June 30th, 1862 with envelope with 5c CSA stamp. Discusses the wounding of the writer's brother, probably at the Battle of Gaines Hill. 2) Civil War 4-page soldier's letter written from Camp at Centreville, VA. Dec. 6, 1861. Discusses preparations for a Yankee attack. 3) Civil War 5th South Carolina Cavalryman's letter written from Camp Jeffords, Wilmington, Dec. 31, 1863. 4) Similar, with envelope. 5) Envelope marked "Soldiers Letter 17 S.C. Vols." 6) Envelope with "Prisoner's Letter Examined" postmarked Rock Island, IL. Aug 6, 1864. 7) "By Flag of Truce" envelope. US stamp. The letter contained is from Mobile. 8) Confederate Newspaper. Charleston Daily Courier. Oct. 9, 1861. Battle of Lexington. Reports news of the issue of the first CSA stamp. 9) Surety Bond. April 1, 1863. $2,000. Wilmington and Weldon Rail Road. 10) South Western Telegraph Company form. Aug. 14, 1864. Major G. W. Stubbs requests 60 English muskets. 11) Similar. Southern Telegraph Co. George W. Brent to Howell Cobb concerning construction of the Thomasville and Albany Rail Road. 12) Letter from W. F. Leak at Rockingham, NC to Governor Vance requesting shipment of cotton out of Wilmington on a blockade runner. Vance's brief note and initials on back. Ex Siegel Sale 795, Lot 1439. 13) Four PPFs from the Overseers of the Poor of Berkley County. April 1861. 14) Manuscript receipt for a slave. Nov. 25, 1864. Shreveport. 15) Circular. To the voters of Northampton "at Home and in the Army." Supporting the re-election of Governor Vance. 16) Receipt for a slave. PPF. "for work on fortifications at and near this city." Nov. 12, 1862. Richmond. 17) Inventory of an estate listing slaves. 1862. 18) Laws of the State of Mississippi. February and March, 1865. 19) Public Laws of the Confederate States of America. Passed at the Third Session of the First Congress. 1863. Disbound. 20) General Orders No.88. June 24, 1863. 21) Commission of Sequestration. Confederate States of America vs. An Alien Enemy. Feb. 11, 1862. Judge of the District Court of the Confederate States, for the district of South Carolina. 22) State of Alabama $1,000 Bond. Apr. 1, 1861. Cr.61D. VF. 23) State of Alabama $1,000 Bond. May 1, 1862. Cr.61E. VF+. Also included are various Civil War checks, sheet music, lithographs. Sold as is, no returns. Images available upon request.

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