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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | May 29, 18xx |
| From City | Baltimore RR |
| From State | RR |
| To City | Elizabethtown |
| To State | NC |
| Addressee | T. D. McDowell |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 225286 |
| Fake | NG |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
PF 225286
ON COVER TO ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C., BLUE BALTIMORE RAILROAD CANCELS.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
THE BALIMORE RAILROAD MARKINGS ARE COUNTERFEIT.
Alexander listed as 5/29/xx
Lot 106 5c brown black, dot in S variety, brilliant deep color, excellent impression, margins all sides, exceptional copy, tied by striking blue circular Baltimore Railroad, May 29, to small, neat (slightly torn) amber envelope to Elizabethtown, NC
H R Harmer sale 978 (Caspary Sale 2, Jan 16, 1956) realized 250
Letter to Thomas David Smith McDowell (1923-1898), who was a planter, legislator, and Confederate Congressman. From 1846 to 1850, he served in the state House of Commons. Soon afterwards both his parents died and he managed the family Plantation, Purdie, named after his mother’s maiden name.
ON COVER TO ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C., BLUE BALTIMORE RAILROAD CANCELS.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
THE BALIMORE RAILROAD MARKINGS ARE COUNTERFEIT.
Alexander listed as 5/29/xx
Lot 106 5c brown black, dot in S variety, brilliant deep color, excellent impression, margins all sides, exceptional copy, tied by striking blue circular Baltimore Railroad, May 29, to small, neat (slightly torn) amber envelope to Elizabethtown, NC
H R Harmer sale 978 (Caspary Sale 2, Jan 16, 1956) realized 250
Letter to Thomas David Smith McDowell (1923-1898), who was a planter, legislator, and Confederate Congressman. From 1846 to 1850, he served in the state House of Commons. Soon afterwards both his parents died and he managed the family Plantation, Purdie, named after his mother’s maiden name.
