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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | December 12, 1850 |
| From City | St Louis |
| From State | MO |
| To City | Collinsville |
| To State | IL |
| Addressee | Dr. Samuel Willard |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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| Others |
Notes
Robert A. Siegel sale 1230 lot 1175 realized 1500.
Balance lot of 6 covers from St. Louis.
Image from attached PDF.
Scott #1 on cover from Saint Louis to Collinsville, Illinois.
Not listed in Alexander
CDS date may be DEC 12 (DEC inverted). SAINT in postmark indicates 1850 year of mailing
Dr. Samuel Willard (1821-1913) was born in Vermont, traveled west with his family, attended Shurtleff College in Alton, IL, Illinois College in Jacksonville (Class of 1843). In Jacksonville, he and his father, Julius A. Willard, ran a stop on the “underground railroad” for escaping slaves from the south. In 1848 he studied medicine in Quincy, IL and then set up practice in Collinsville. Before the Civil War, being of frail health, he went back to Jacksonville, and later Bloomington, and worked as a professor of Latin and English Literature in the State Normal University. He also served as Mayor of Collinsville around 1850.
Balance lot of 6 covers from St. Louis.
Image from attached PDF.
Scott #1 on cover from Saint Louis to Collinsville, Illinois.
Not listed in Alexander
CDS date may be DEC 12 (DEC inverted). SAINT in postmark indicates 1850 year of mailing
Dr. Samuel Willard (1821-1913) was born in Vermont, traveled west with his family, attended Shurtleff College in Alton, IL, Illinois College in Jacksonville (Class of 1843). In Jacksonville, he and his father, Julius A. Willard, ran a stop on the “underground railroad” for escaping slaves from the south. In 1848 he studied medicine in Quincy, IL and then set up practice in Collinsville. Before the Civil War, being of frail health, he went back to Jacksonville, and later Bloomington, and worked as a professor of Latin and English Literature in the State Normal University. He also served as Mayor of Collinsville around 1850.
