1864 Civil War Letter by Confederate Captain George W. Alderson Abingdon, VA
An interesting 1864 letter written by Captain George W. Alderson of the Confederate commissary service to Captain Isaac Shelly in Wytheville, Virginia, discussing quantities of flour, meal, candle wad, and tobacco. The letter was written on a sheet of blue lined paper measuring about 8 1/2 x 10 1/2. It is in very good condition with minor toning and edge wear. I recd your favor of yesterday, and in reply would say that I have on hand one hundred Barrels of Flour and about one thousand pounds of Meal.
Capt Williams also informs me that he has on hand six thousand pounds Flour & Meal. Have you recd the candle wax? If so please send me some. Also 20 Boxes Tobacco if you have it. Please see my other items for more interesting Civil War letters, documents, and images.
The item "1864 Civil War Letter by Confederate Captain George W. Alderson Abingdon, VA" is in sale since Monday, August 26, 2019. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Correspondence, Mail". The seller is "iron-horse-sales" and is located in Champaign, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Bangladesh, Uruguay, Russian federation.