FL168

Handstamp PAID 10 Type C with the Tallahassee, Fla CDS 23 JAN (1863). Coarse brown paper cover with a Military Address from the Cobb Correspondence to Brig Genl Howell Cobb, Quincy, Fla. Howell Cobb was a major political figure of the day. Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives and former Governor of Georgia and former Secretary of the Treasury under Buchanan, Howell Cobb was a founder of the Confederacy and served as the President of the Secession Convention in 1861 as well as President of the Provisional Confederate Congress until he resigned to join the military reaching the rank of Major General in September 1863. He was also a serious candidate for the Confederate presidency but was defeated by Jefferson Davis. Very Fine Cover.

$350.00

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