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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) (HAYNE, ISAAC). WARDLAW, J.W.
Autograph
Letter Signed to Isaac Hayne, wartime Attorney General of South Carolina. In
regard to the use of slaves as laborers in the defense of Charleston Harbor.
Single large 4to sheet (wrapping paper?), folded to form four pages, written in a neat cur-
sive hand on two; with integral address and two blue Jefferson Davis 5 cent stamps; folded
again to form its own envelope for mailing.
[1861]
[800/1,200]
A LETTER WITH EXCEPTIONALLY RICH CONTENT
.
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.)
CONFEDERATE.
Handwritten claim
for the loss of the slave Isaac, who
died while working on fortifications.
Single folio leaf, written on both sides;
signed by the claimant, an appraiser and
the local authority; with the blind-stamp
of the York District of North Carolina;
paper evenly toned with creases and some
wear at the folds. (WGC)
York District, Dec. 21, 1863
[600/800]
A SCARCE MANUSCRIPT CLAIM
,
wherein a
slave owner sues for the value of his slave,
Isaac, who died of meningitis while working on
the coastal fortifications.
