RR73

CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the dateless Bristol V & T RR (Virginia & Tennessee Railroad) CDS. Light coarse paper cover adressed to Mr. John W. Payton, Rapid Ann Station, Culpeper County, Virginia. Rapid Ann Station was an important stop on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. Very clean cover. John William Payton (Peyten) (1839-1914) is listed as a 20 year old carpenter in Culpeper County, Virginia, on the 1860 Federal Census. His father, William S. Payton (1816-1899), was the Rapidan postmaster during the war and his son (John W. Payton) was appointed postmaster in 1865 and served as postmaster until his death in 1914. John W. Payton did not serve in the army due to disabilty but left a very detailed daily diary of the war years in this part of Virginia from the civilian point of view, a diary which has since been published and is available today.

$500.00

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