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#11(AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Patterson
NC Target
(target ties the stamp with the Patterson CDS at the left) 7 NOV
(1864). From the Patterson Correspondence addressed to Mrs. Mary Fries
Patterson, Salem NC.Very Fine.
Mary Fries Patterson (1844-1927)
married Rufus L. Patterson (1833-1879) in 1864. The Patterson family
was very prominent in North Carolina as merchants, businessmen, and
planters. There is no record of his having served in the Confederate
Army as he was a North Carolina unionist. Her diary for 1863-1864 is
archived at the University of North Carolina Special
Collections
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