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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | June 3, 1850 |
| From City | Nashville |
| From State | TN |
| To City | Huntsville |
| To State | AL |
| Addressee | Cabaniss & Shepherd |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 209040 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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PF 209040
1 1847 5¢ red brown ON FL TO ALABAMA, BLUE GRID CANCELLATION AND MATCHING NASHVILLE TENN. PMK.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Cover
Alexander listed as 6/3/50
Lot 350 #1, 5c Red Brown, large margins, tied by blue grid cancel to 1850 folded letter to Huntsville, Ala.,
matching "Nashville Ten Jun 3" mostly clear pmk, file folds away from adhesive Est. 300-400
Richard C. Frajola, Inc. sale 40 realized 450
Septimus Douglass Cabaniss (1815-1889) was a prominent Huntsville attorney He graduated from UVA in 1835, after which he returned to Huntsville to read law under local attorney Silas Parsons. In 1851, he formed a legal partnership with Robert Coman Brickell, who later served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1874-1884. Septimus married Virginia A Shepherd (1824-1907).
He partnered Virginia’s brother, Yale graduate John Wesley Shepherd (1826-1894), who was a member of the Bar of the Alabama Supreme Court and served as the official reporter of its decisions for many years. His publication “Shepherd’s Digest of the Alabama Reports” was popular among the 19th-century legal community and remains a valuable historical resource today.
1 1847 5¢ red brown ON FL TO ALABAMA, BLUE GRID CANCELLATION AND MATCHING NASHVILLE TENN. PMK.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Cover
Alexander listed as 6/3/50
Lot 350 #1, 5c Red Brown, large margins, tied by blue grid cancel to 1850 folded letter to Huntsville, Ala.,
matching "Nashville Ten Jun 3" mostly clear pmk, file folds away from adhesive Est. 300-400
Richard C. Frajola, Inc. sale 40 realized 450
Septimus Douglass Cabaniss (1815-1889) was a prominent Huntsville attorney He graduated from UVA in 1835, after which he returned to Huntsville to read law under local attorney Silas Parsons. In 1851, he formed a legal partnership with Robert Coman Brickell, who later served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1874-1884. Septimus married Virginia A Shepherd (1824-1907).
He partnered Virginia’s brother, Yale graduate John Wesley Shepherd (1826-1894), who was a member of the Bar of the Alabama Supreme Court and served as the official reporter of its decisions for many years. His publication “Shepherd’s Digest of the Alabama Reports” was popular among the 19th-century legal community and remains a valuable historical resource today.
