Group of Civil War Documents and Newspapers

Description:

Group of Civil War Documents and Newspapers, c. 1861-65, document and discharges, letters, Confederate States Almanac, Richmond Daily Examiner, as well as other newspapers, autograph of Bennett H. Young who led the Saint Albans, Vermont, raid, a note and autograph from Confederate Lieutenant Colonel Luke W. Finlay, and some South Carolina paper currency.

Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter F. Frazier and M. Prudence Fleck.
Estimate $400-600

Some of the newspapers have wear and are fragile, currency is also fragile, many of the letters and documents are in very good condition.


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