VA3212

Two Covers from the Randolph Correspondence (no contents) -- Both covers have CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin stamps) tied by two different Richmond, Va, postmarks. The first cover dated 29 AUG 1863 has a full Military Address to Capt M. L. Randolph, Signal Officer Gen Rodes’ Staff, Gen Ewell’s Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. The second cover dated 8 NOV is addressed to Miss Sarah Randolph Care of Thos. Jeff. Randolph Esqr, Keswick Depot, Albemarle Co., Va. Minor back flap opening tears, still a Very Fine pair of covers from a very prominent Virginia family. Ex-Randy Neil Exhibit. Covers will only be sold as a pair. Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1845-1871) and Sarah Randolph (1839-1892) were brother and sister. Their father, Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792-1875), was a grandson of Thomas Jefferson and the inheritor of Monticello. He was a very prominent Virginia planter and politician Their uncle was George Wyeth Randolph (1818-1867) CSA Secretary of War in 1862. Capt Meriwether Lewis Randolph served on the staffs of various CSA Generals including D. H. Hill, Rodes, Ramseur, and Grimes. He died at a young age of consumption (tuberculosis) and is buried at Monticello.

$750.00 Two Covers

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