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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | August 11, 18xx |
| From City | Hartford |
| From State | CT |
| To City | Richmond |
| To State | VA |
| Addressee | Mrs. Hobart M. Bartlett |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 564939 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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Notes
Lot 62 10c Black (2). Extra Large Even Margins All Around, neat ms. cancel, tied by Magenta Grid, matching "Hartford Ct. Aug. 11" cds and "Paid" & Pointing Hand, Large"10" Rate on Small Mourning Envelope to Richmond Va., Forwarded to Baltimore with Brilliant Red "Richmond Va. Aug. 16" cds, matching "Forwarded" Straightline and " 5" Rate, address neatly scratched out with new location written by sender, Extremely Fine, Colorful and Rare Combination of Markings .... E. 5,000-7,500
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 743 realized 4000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 593 lot 70 realized 5250
Alexander listed as 8/11/xx
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 69 realized 10,500 (image)
PF 564939 - IT IS A GENUINE USAGE
The William and Mary Quarterly (Vol 18, No 3, Jul 1938, pp 291-93) published a Letter of Martha Selden Jones. In the 2nd footnote of that article – “…Patrick Gibson [of Richmond] and his second wife Martha Ann Elizabeth Macmurdo had four children … Elizabeth (?-1897), who married, first, the Rev Hobart M. Bartlett, by whom she had one child, Helen, and, second, George Gibson, her first cousin, by whom she had one child, a son, who died in childhood.”
Rev. Hobart M. Bartlett was an Episcopalian minister in Petersburg, Va.
According to Gibson family Papers, 1775-1938. Accession 25342 (Library of Virginia), “Ann Elizabeth Gibson [b. 1817] married Reverend Hobart Bartlett in 1839 and George Gibson in 1856.”
Dr. George S. Gibson is listed in the 1860 edition of Woods' Baltimore City Directory.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 743 realized 4000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 593 lot 70 realized 5250
Alexander listed as 8/11/xx
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 69 realized 10,500 (image)
PF 564939 - IT IS A GENUINE USAGE
The William and Mary Quarterly (Vol 18, No 3, Jul 1938, pp 291-93) published a Letter of Martha Selden Jones. In the 2nd footnote of that article – “…Patrick Gibson [of Richmond] and his second wife Martha Ann Elizabeth Macmurdo had four children … Elizabeth (?-1897), who married, first, the Rev Hobart M. Bartlett, by whom she had one child, Helen, and, second, George Gibson, her first cousin, by whom she had one child, a son, who died in childhood.”
Rev. Hobart M. Bartlett was an Episcopalian minister in Petersburg, Va.
According to Gibson family Papers, 1775-1938. Accession 25342 (Library of Virginia), “Ann Elizabeth Gibson [b. 1817] married Reverend Hobart Bartlett in 1839 and George Gibson in 1856.”
Dr. George S. Gibson is listed in the 1860 edition of Woods' Baltimore City Directory.
