Lot 2145
  • 2145

(CIVIL WAR). A PAIR OF LENGTHY LETTERS PERTAINING TO THE BURNING OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Autograph letters signed ("C.M.A."), from Mrs. Charles M. Afron to an unnamed aunt, with one of the letters pertaining to the burning of Columbia, South Carolina
6 pages (7 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.; 192 x 248 mm), signed ("C.M.A."), Columbia, So[uth] Ca[rolina], 18 January 1863; one or two short splits to old folds. — 12 pages (8 x 12 1/2 in.; 200 x 316 mm), signed ("C.M.A."), Columbia, [South Carolina], 16 [June] 1865; one or two splits or holes where previously folded, without loss of text, one instance of browning. — [With]: Hand-colored cabinet card (2 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.; 62 x 105 mm), presumably of the sender verso printed "Cook | Charleston, S.C."; some minor spotting.