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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | April 13, 1849 |
| From City | Richmond |
| From State | VA |
| To City | Warm Springs |
| To State | VA |
| Addressee | Wm. H. Terrill |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
US #1, 1847 5c Brown on Apr 1849 Cover ms cancel/red grid matching red Richmond, Va d.s., heavy fold in the middle of cover
EBAY lot (NobleSpirit)
Not listed in Alexander
April 13 cds
Letter datelined Richmond April 12, 1849.
Addressed to William H. Terrill in Warm Springs, Va.
Letter endorsed received & answered 21 April 1849.
Letter addressed to William Henry Terrill (1800-1877), colonel, lawyer, legislator in Bath County, and father of U. S. General William Rufus Terrill (1834-1862) and CSA General James Barbour Terrill (1838-1864). Both were supposedly buried by their father in a single grave over which the tombstone reads 'Here lie my two sons. Only God knows which was right'. A third son, Lieut Phillip Terrill, served in the CSA Cavalry and died near Williamsburg in 1864. William Henry Terrill served as provost marshal of Bath County during the Civil War.
EBAY lot (NobleSpirit)
Not listed in Alexander
April 13 cds
Letter datelined Richmond April 12, 1849.
Addressed to William H. Terrill in Warm Springs, Va.
Letter endorsed received & answered 21 April 1849.
Letter addressed to William Henry Terrill (1800-1877), colonel, lawyer, legislator in Bath County, and father of U. S. General William Rufus Terrill (1834-1862) and CSA General James Barbour Terrill (1838-1864). Both were supposedly buried by their father in a single grave over which the tombstone reads 'Here lie my two sons. Only God knows which was right'. A third son, Lieut Phillip Terrill, served in the CSA Cavalry and died near Williamsburg in 1864. William Henry Terrill served as provost marshal of Bath County during the Civil War.
