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VA3101

CSA #12 (KB) (4-Margin but close at the left) Pen-canceled and the manuscript postal marking "Newsoms Depot (Southampton County) Va March 9 (1865)" at the top center. Newsom's Depot was a station on the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad  Addressed to Miss Addie A. Worth Care of Hon Jona (Jonathon) Worth, Raleigh NC. Small commercially made lady's type cover with embossed flowers on the back flap. Jonathan Worth (1802-1869) was a prominent North Carolina polittician and served in the state legislature and state senate before the war. Although opposed to secession, he remained loyal to North Carolina and served as the State Treasurer during the war and then as Governor of North Carolina 1865-1869 during the early years of reconstruction.

$150.00

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