Raynors HCA 2019-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/30/2019
War-date Autograph Letter Signed by New York Times correspondent L.L. Crounse, 1pp. folio, on the verso of $500 Confederate bond, it is dated April 8, 1865, Richmond, Virginia, and reads: “You ought to be obliged to me for such an expensive letter. It isn’t everyday that you find a friend who deliberately writes his letters on the bank of his bonds - so take it as evidence of how much I think of you. How do you like a letter with a bonafide Richmond date on it? Isn’t the victory glorious beyond conception? I am having an experience that I would not part with for worlds but am awful busy, and so shall reserve everything to tell you. I shall be in New York next wek sometime and hope to see you. In the meantime be jubilant - the end is near - the war is almost over, and Virginia shall be the Empire state of the South. She is a glorious old Commonwealth, but her future is far greater than her past. Sing praises to the Giver of all Good, for He giveth us the victory....” Fine condition.
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