VA3303 CSA #11 (AD) (margin a little close on the left) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 5d 7 NOV 1863. Manuscript "Treasury Department 2nd Auditor's Office Official Business" indicating that the cover was used to conduct government business. Addressed to Christopher Y. Thomas Esqr, Henry County Co. Ho., Va. Back flap opening tear, otherwise Very Fine.

As an immediate pre-war Virginia state senator, Christopher Yancy Thomas (1818-1879) was against secession and tried to keep Virginia in the Union. In spite of this, he served during the war as the Virginia Commonwealth Attorney and was an agent for the distribution of supplies to needy families of Confederate soldiers.
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