Raynors HCA 2018-03
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/15/2018
War-date Confederate politician Autograph Letter Signed “Charles MacBeth” (1805-1881) as Mayor of Charleston, 1pp. quarto, City Hall, Charleston, South Carolina, August 2, 1864, and reads in part: “I hereby certify that Mr. James C. Marshall of this city is a respectable baker and that I have no doubt that any flour which he may purchase will be used in his legitimate business and not for purposes of speculation...” Fine condition. On February 17, 1865, Macbeth informed the Northern forces that the city had been evacuated, but he remained to preserve order. When he learned of plans by Confederate loyalists to set fires across the newly occupied city, he joined with an alderman and petitioned the Northern military for assistance.[3] He then set up armed guards to protect important sites. In 1881, the city's annual yearbook praised him for not just protecting his fellow Charlestonians from their enemies, but "even against themselves." Approved by Major Guerin and Major Trout. Fine condition.
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