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[Civil War]: Group of 4 Letters and Documents.
Lot 236

[Civil War]: Group of 4 Letters and Documents.

Estimate: $300 - $500
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[Civil War]: Group of 4 Letters and Documents. Including:

Samuel B. Hayman. Signed document. New York, 24 July 1861. Manuscript document signed, mustering Levi W. Norton to the 3rd Regiment Excelsior Brigade of Col. Taylor, signed by Hayman as Captain and Mustering Officer. 

Levi W. Norton. Letter to his wife, "My dear Liz." Camp Wool: 9 December 1861. 4 pages on a single folded bifolium, with original mailing cover with free frank of Reuben E. Fenton. A detailed and affectionate letter detailing gunboats shelling Confederate batteries, the sudden death of William John Williams of Sheridan Co. H from typhoid fever ("O what folly to send such boys"), and more. 

Essex County War Bond, for $200, made out to the town of Ticonderoga, 20 February 1865, with revenue stamp.

Letter to General James William Denver, c/o Hughes, Denver & Peck, Washington, D.C.. Weston, MO: 13 August 1864 [or 1866?]. Signed "C. A. Perry," regarding a legal claim and Perry's unwillingness to spend more money without some guarantee of a return. With original mailing cover.  

 

 

 

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