Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Packet of Civil War Era Letters, c. 1861-1917, group of letters and documents pertaining to the Woodbury family of Beverly, Massachusetts, many letters home during the Civil War from various ships including the U.S.S. St. Louis, the Ohio, and others, including a July 10th, 1863 draft notice for John Woodbury, two carte-de-vesites, a George Washington and family, Abraham Lincoln and family, and two discharge documents for Thomas Woodbury, one with a carte-de-vesite of Lt. Woodbury.
Estimate $300-500
Some light browing and damage to a few of the letters appropriate to their age.
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