NC981

Stampless PAID cover with the small BLUE double circle Hillsboro NC CDS and Handstamp PAID 5 (Type A) (unusual with "PAID" in BLACK and "5" in BLUE) 18 JUN 1861 (early use). From the Leavenworth Correspondence addressed to Rev A. J. Leavenworth, Petersburg, Viginia. Advertising Cover with a colorless embossed oval at the upper left "Thomas Webb Attorney & Counsellor at Law Hillsboro NC." Receiving docketing at left indicating that the sender was Thomas Webb and confirms the 1861 date. Original one page letter included which deals with responding to a request to possibly procuring a military related book. Minor edge wear, otherwise an exceptionally clean cover. Ex-Kaufmann. Rev Abner Johnson Leavenworth (1803-1869) was a prominent Presbyterian minister who established and operated schools in Petersburg (Collegiate Seminary for Young Ladies). The Leavenworth family correspondence is extensive. Rev Leavenworth's son, Capt Frederick P. Leavenworth (1833-1920), an engineer, was an Ordinance Officer on the staff of CSA Gen E. Kirby-Smith in Shreveport, La. Letters between Capt Leavenworth in Shreveport and his father in Petersburg account for a number of Trans-Missippi Express covers later in the war.

$450.00

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