CHERAW / S.C. / JU L / 2 (1861) PAID 5, New Dietz type IIA handstamped paid, on letter to Sumter with original enclosure on bank letterhead from cashier with bank content, flap faults, Fine

ADAMS RUN / S.C . / AUG / 12 PAID (no rate) to "Mrs. J.B. Grimball, Spartanburgh, So. Carolina", slightly reduced at top with top back flap missing, Very Fine, Ex-Zimmerman

John Berkley Grimball (1800-1892), The Grimball family were prominent planters and owners of Pinebury and Grove plantations near Charleston, SC. Their well known correspondence is in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is well known to postal historians for the blockade covers.

CHERAW / S.C . / JUL / 5 (1861) handstamped paid on cover to "W.F.B.Haynesworth, Esq, Sumter, SC" with docketing "About J. D. Foxworth's protected draft", fresh lemon cover, no top back flap otherwise Very Fine, Ex-Emerson and Cole

COLUMBIA / S.C. handstamped PAID 5, type ID, fancy "5", all in blue to "Mrs. Mary J(ane DeRosset) Curtis, Hillsborough, N. Car.", wife of the preeminent mycologist, Rev. Moses Ashley Curtis. Used on immaculate cover

BEAUFORT /S .C. hand stamped PAID 5 on small embossed ladies cover to Sparta, Geo.; top and side flaps partly missing otherwise Fine lovely cover 

COLUMBIA / S.C. handstamped PAID 10 bold neat strikes in blue on pale green homemade cover to Greenwood, So. Ca., ms “Charge Key Box 75 CW S.C. R.R. A”, signed Dietz on back with part of top back flap missing 

CHARLESTON / S.C./ AUG / 3 / 186[4] cds and PAID 10 handstamped paid on pale blue adversity cover fashioned from checkbook sheet and addressed to “Governor Jno L Manning, Manchester PO, W & M RR, So Carolina” with post-use but contemporary doodling, Very Fine, a more detailed bio of Manning is included. 

JOHN LAURENCE MANNING attended Princeton University and was a planter by trade. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1842 to 1846 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1846 until 1852, when he was elected governor. He was a member of the South Carolina Secession Convention and a signer of the Ordinance of Secession. He served in the South Carolina Senate from 1861 to 1865 and in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867. Although elected to the U.S. Senate in 1865, he was denied the seat along with other southern Senators.

CHARLESTON / S.C. / AUG / 19 / 1861 double circle cancel with handstamped PAID 5 in circle, type III, addressed to “J. E. Hagood, Esq, Pickens C.H., S.C.”  Bio of Col. James Earle Hagood accompanies. Fresh, Very Fine 

MARION C.H. / S.C. / JUL / 17 (1861) cds with matching handstamped PAID 5, type IA, on small commercial cover addressed to “Captain Jno. C. McClenaghan, 8th Regmt S.C. Volunteers Colonel E. B. C. Cash, Richmond, Va.” Capt. John Charles McClenaghan is mentioned once in the Official Records cited for bravery at First Manassas while serving as the regimental Quartermaster, Very Fine 

MARION C.H. / S.C ./ JUL / 31 (1861) cds with matching handstamped PAID 5, type IA, on cover addressed to “Captain Jno. C. McClenaghan, 8th Regmt S.C. Volunteers Colonel E. B. C. Cash, Richmond, Va.” John Charles McClenaghan was in the Quarter Master Regiment. Bit soiled/edge worn, Fine 

ROCK HILL / SC (ms) cancel Jany 5th 1862 with handstamped PAID 5 on cover addressed to “Hon. A. B. Springs, (Convention) Columbia, SC” with excellent letter dated Jany 4, 1862 signed A. Whyte; some flap tears, otherwise Very Fine with outstanding letter. Transcription of a large part of the letter, only the front page of which has been scanned with the cover. In part, it says "Today Capt. Jones Company met and upon the question of going into the Confederate Service divided Forty-Six, preferred the Confederate Service, on account of receiving Superior Arms and out fit and probably with a view to join Logan Blacks Regiment. In Jones Company, the Election was entirely harmonious. Jones, Capt. Barry, 1st James White (of Com E), 2nd and Charles Abel 3rd Lieut Wheeler has this moment brought in a letter from H. W. Garlington to the Major also Wightmans discourse in Yorkville on the day of National Thanksgiving. But I will go on with this hasty note.” It continues on with profuse notations about the governor, senate, etc. Click twice to enlarge to facilitate easier reading/viewing.

COLUMBIA / S.C., JUL 11, bold blue cds with matching straight line "PAID" and large "10" rate handstamps, on cover to Anderson C.H., S.C., endorsed "Telegram" at bottom left and "Charge to Box 1" at top; slightly reduced at left, Very Fine.

WINNSBOROUGH / S.C. / AUG / 9 [1861] with matching handstamped PAID and “5” on cover addressed to “Thos W. Dewey, Esq., Cashier, Charlotte, No. Ca.” Dewey worked for the Bank of North Carolina, Very Fine $200.

CHARLESTON / S.C. / JUL / 8 / 1861 with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover addressed to “Thos. W. Dewey, Esq., Cashier, Charlotte, N. C.” Dewey worked for the Bank of North Carolina, top back flap missing otherwise Very Fine $140

CALHOUN’S MILLS / S.C. / OCT [1861] cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover addressed to “Miss Callie Davis, Care of Doct J. H. Davis, Clinton Post Office Laurens Dist S.C.”, much of top back flap missing, Fine + $80.

WILLIAMSTON / S.C. / JUL / 19 neat bold cds with matching handstamped PAID ms (10) on small cover to “Mrs. Mary T. Russell, Camden, Miss.” ex Kaplan $200.

WALHALLA / S.C. / FEB / 15 [1862] cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on folded letter  to “ J.E. Hagood, Esq., Pickens CH. So Ca”; letter from A. S. Norman asks if Hagood would rent his house to use the lower story for a schoolroom and the upper half for the Lodge, back flap sealed with red wax, Very Fine, ex Kaplan $200.

SUMTER / S.C. / SEP 19 with matching handstamped PAID 10 on blue cover to “Mrs. Albert Rhett Walker, Care of John M. DeSaussure, Esq., Camden, S.C.” ex Kaplan $200.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // JUL / 26 / 1861 double circle cancel with matching handstamped PAID 5 in circle on cover to Col. D. W. Jordan, Georgetown, SC, nice clear strikes, $120

GEORGETOWN / S.C. // JUL / 17 / 1861 cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 to Col. A. P. Calhoun, Richmond, Virginia. A[ndrew].P. Calhoun (1812-1865) was the son of the famous pro-slavery Southern statesman John C. Calhoun, whose portrait appears on the Confederate 1¢ Orange #14 stamp. $200.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // OCT / 18 / 1862 double circle with matching encircled PAID 10 on light blue folded letter to Mr. Tristan Tupper, Exchange Hotel, Montgomery, Ala; letter saying problems with mails cut off, have done little to no business in recent months, fears of the city being attacked, etc.; some internal letters tears extending a bit across top a few millimeters  $140.

ABBEVILLE / S.C. // OCT / 30 cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on tiny little cover measuring only 1 3/8” X 3 5/8”, addressed to Charles Holst, Chester C.H., So.Ca; extensive family research accompanies which states Charles Ferdinand Holst was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1813 and died 1871. He immigrated to Charleston in 1840 and subsequently to Chester where he was a Master Carriage Maker. Darling little cover. $300.

SPARTANBURG / S.C. // SEP / 8 / 1862 neat double circle cancel with matching handstamped PAID 10 on neat narrow cover to Miss Cornelia Reid, Unionville, South Carolina, slightly reduced at right.  $140.

ADAMS RUN / SC cds with ms “Jany 1” [1865] within, matching straightline PAID, no rate; addressed to J. Berkley Grimball, Esq., Spartanburg, S.C. on gray and white patterned wallpaper cover; docketed Manigault 16th Jany 1865. Showy and clean, Ex Kohn, signed B. Green  $650.

John Berkley Grimball (1800-1892), The Grimballs were prominent planters and owners of Pinebury and Grove plantations near Charleston, SC. Their well-known correspondence is in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and particularly known to postal historians for blockade-run covers.                    

SPARTANBURG / S.C. // SEP / 22 / 1863 cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on printed corner card of “J. N. Robson, (Late Rhett & Robson,) Commission Merchant / Charleston / S.C.”; addressed to Mr. James N. Robson, Charlotte, No. Ca.; Very Fine,  Ex Walcott $400.

SPARTANBURG / S.C. // JUL / 17 / 1863 cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on all-over green illuminated advertising cover of “J. M. Elford, Magistrate, Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity, Office at Spartanburg C.H., S.C.”; description of Van Dyk MacBride on verso, some tiny edge tears at top, Ex Kohn  $1,000.

SPARTANBURG / S.C. // JUN / 23 / 1863 cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on clean taupe and white patterned wallpaper cover addressed to Col. J. B. E. Sloan, Columbia, S.C.; docketing as from Honl. Jas Fanning  (?). Sloan listed as Confederate Infantry Field & Staff, Very Fine  $650.

SPARTANBURG / S.C. // JUL / 17 / 1863 cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on neat  patterned wallpaper cover in shades of blue, addressed to Mrs. S. F. Patterson, Patterson P.O.. Caldwell Co, N. Carolina Via Charlotte, Very Fine $650.

SPARTANBURG / S.C. // JUL / 2 / 1864 dc with matching handstamped PAID 10 on cover addressed to Mrs. S. F. Patterson, Patterson, No Carolina Via Charlotte; Late use for a handstamped paid, tiniest cover edge tear at left. $120.

SPARTANBURG / S.C. // JUN / 6 / 1864 dc with matching handstamped PAID 10 on cover addressed to Mrs. S. F. Patterson, Patterson, No Carolina Via Charlotte; Late use for a handstamped paid, slightly reduced at right. Original letter saying, in part, “Jimmy Lockwood in whom you know I took great interest has been killed... I feel sometimes as if it is not right for anyone to happy…don’t scold me Auntie for my bitterness and sadness.” Signed “E.F.H.”  $125.

GREENVILLE  C.H. / S.C. // NOV / 15 [1861] double circle cancel with matching handstamped PAID 5 on clean cover to Mrs. William F. Jones, Lenoir C.H., Caldwell County, North Carolina via Columbia, slightly reduced at left. Capt. William F. Jones was in the North Carolina Volunteers.  $150.

ADAMS RUN / S.C. // Oct / 17 (date in ms) with matching handstamped PAID, no rate, to S. J. Hay Esq, Green Pond, S.C.; slight foxing at right otherwise Very Fine  $120.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // JAN / 23 / 1862 double circle cancel with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover to Mr. W. Chaplin, Rantole P.O. St Pauls Parish [SC], Very Fine  $140.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // JAN / 7 [1865] double circle cancel with matching handstamped PAID 10 on adversity cover fashioned from legal document, addressed to J. Berkley Grimball, Esq, Spartanburg, CH, So Ca ; docketed as from G. B. Redi 6th Jan 1865. Late use of handstamped paid. Ex Kohn.  $300.

John Berkley Grimball (1800-1892), The Grimballs were prominent planters and owners of Pinebury and Grove plantations near Charleston, SC. Their well-known correspondence is in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and particularly known to postal historians for blockade-run covers.                    

GLENN SPRINGS / S.C. // JAN / 22 red cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover to W. H. Gilliland Esq Care Gilliland Howel & [Co], Charleston SC docketed as from M[es]s White Draft & Cates; refolded at bottom and reduced at right  $150.

SUMTER  / S.C. // APR / 11 / 186? cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on clean cover, Ex Kohn $140.

YORKVILLE / S.C. // JUL / 17 cds with manuscript “Paid 10” on cover to Major A. B. Springs, Fort Mill York Dist SC; The Yorkville Enquirer in 1858 wrote about Andrew Baxter Springs: "Major Springs is the most assiduous cultivator of fine fruit in the whole country and can boast of an orchard of the rarest and most delicious fruits. His selections of stock are from the nurseries of the South, and constitute much of the variety that produce through the entire fruit season." Amazingly enough Springs Farm of Fort Mill is still in business today! Ex Kohn $170.

“Lynchburg SC / Paid 10” all in manuscript on nice adversity cover made from brown lined paper to Lie[u]t. K. Kemper, Fort Johnson, James Islan[d] So Ca; Kosciusko Kemper enlisted as a 1st Lieut in Co. “I”, SC 1st Light Artillery and also had served in Co. E.; Ex Kohn $250.

“Lewisville S.C.  Aug 2nd / Paid 10” all in manuscript on nice homemade cover to Miss Lizzie Lathrop, Calhoun’s Mills, So. Ca.; slightly reduced at left; Ex Kohn $200.

PENDLETON / S.C. // DEC / 15 oxidized blue cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on adversity cover fashioned from printed proposal to furnish and deliver cross-ties to The Blue Ridge Rail Road Company in South Carolina; addressed to Thomas Frost Esq, Charleston, So Ca; open 3 sides  $250.

COLUMBIA / S.C. // JUN / 1 [1861] bold blue cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover to Mr. Jno Simpson, Chester, So Ca; First Day of the Confederate Postal System, a necessary date for any comprehensive postal history collection, part of top back flap missing, Ex Bogg with 1981 PF Certificate $3,500.

COLUMBIA / S.C. // NOV / 19 [1861] blue cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on small ladies cover with pencil docketing “Recd Nov 20th, 1861”, Ex Emerson $150.

GREENVILLE C.H. / S.C. // JUL / 20 [1861] cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on darling emblossed ladies cover to Capt J. B. Patrick, Columbia, S.C.; I can’t be sure which J.B. Patrick this is, but most likely a cadet in the Citadel. A charmer  $220.

PENDLETON / S.C. // JAN / 20 [1862] cds with handstamped matching blue PAID 5 on adversity cover made from lined paper to Mr. A. O. Norris, Anderson CH, So. Ca.; docketed as from Mrs. L.A.M. (Lydia Ann Maverick) Van Wyck and “attended to”. The Van Wyck family was prominent and owned Montpelier plantation in Pendleton.  Lydia’s son was Dr. Samuel Van Wyck, Confederate Regimental Surgeon to Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was murdered in an ambush while riding along side Forrest at the young age of 26. See my July 2008 column for the story:  http://www.webuystamps.com/ASDJULAUG08.pdf   Ex Boshwit.  $220.

PENDLETON / S.C. // NOV / 6 [1861] blue cds with handstamped matching PAID 5 on neat clean cover to James E. Hagood Esq, Pickens CH, SC; slightly reduced at left

SUMTER / S.C. // AUG / 12 cds on blue cover with markedly darker PAID 10 to Mr. George McCutchen, German Artillery, Georgetown, SC with heading of a letter stitched to the front of the cover with thread. As is October 1st 1864 dateline, it does not seem that it would be the letter from an August dated cover so I am at a loss to speculate why it is there. Sealed tear at left through cds. Ex Kohn and Bogg. McCutchen is listed as a Sergeant in Company A of Manigault's SC Light Artillery Battalion aka German Artillery.  This marking is also known to be a provisional but they are considered such only when unused, used under a general issue or used from another town. $200.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // AUG / 11 / 1861 double circle datestamp with matching handstamped PAID 5 on neat cover to Miss Harriett Middleton, Flat Rock, NC, Extremely Fine $ 160.

MANNING / S.C. // JAN / 6 neat cds with bold matching handstamped PAID 10 on cover to Mr. William Reeder, Palmetto Guard Art[illery] Green Pond, S. Ca. Care of Capt. Webb; most likely the William Reeder (found 5 from SC) that was in "F" Co. SC 2nd Infantry.  The 2nd, 5th, and 9th Infantry Regiments made up the Palmetto Guards.  $200.

CAMDEN / S.C. // AUG / 2 [1861] cds with bold matching handstamped PAID 5 on delicate commercially made cover to Mr. Albert R. Walker, Beaufort, So Ca, Ex Emerson with pencil notes that it passes through the hands of C.J. Phillips, E. Cole and Lazarus. Extremely Fine  $220.

CAMDEN / S.C. // DEC / 6 [1861] double circle with matching handstamped PAID 10 on cover to Hon. A. H. Boykin or Major John DeSaussure, Columbia, So Ca with original letter from Thos Lang about writing petitions to each house and having not had the experience of doing so before he is reluctant to do it himself. $180.

Alexander Hamilton Boykin (1815 - 1866) Boykin organized and financed Boykin's Rangers, which became Company A of the Second South Carolina Cavalry. As captain, he served from 26 June 1861 until 1 October 1862 when poor health forced him to resign. He engaged the enemy at the First Battle of Bull Run, 21 July 1861, and at Williamsburg, May 1862. Appointed judge advocate in December 1862 by Confederate president Jefferson Davis, he declined to serve, citing his lack of legal experience. Toward the close of the war, he expressed a strong dislike of Davis and his policies.

CHERAW / S.C. // OCT / 24 [1861] double circle postmark with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover to W. F. B. Haynsworth Esq., Sumter, So Ca., tiny part side flap missing otherwise Fine. Ex Kohn. $140.

ROBERTVILLE / S.C. // JAN / 12 (in pen) cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on cover addressed to Mr. John W. Heidt, Box 420, Savannah, Georgia; $250.

JOHN W. HEIDT, DD, (1841-1909), graduate, Emory College, 1859; law-graduate, University of Georgia, 186l; practiced law but gave it up for the Methodist ministry; many years a trustee of Wesleyan Female College as well as former President.

SUMTER / S.C. // OCT / 1 / 1861 bold cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover to Wm Eleson Esq., Statesburg, Sumter Dist., SC; small cover erosion at lower left. This marking is also known to be a provisional but they are considered such only when unused, used under a general issue or used from another town. Ex Walcott. $150.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // AUG / 2 1861 cds with matching PAID 5  on cover to Mrs. Henry A. Middleton, Flat Rock, NC; part of back flap missing otherwise Very Fine  $150.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // OCT / 20 1861 cds with matching PAID 5 on cover to Mr. Augustine T. Smythe, So Ca College, Columbia, S.C.; small rusty paper clip stains at top. $130.

Augustine Thomas Smythe (Smyth) (1842-1914) was born in Charleston, the son of the Reverend Thomas Smyth and Margaret Milligan Adger. In early manhood, he added an “e” to the spelling of his surname. Initially educated at Professor A. Sachtleben's school in Charleston, he entered South Carolina College in 1860, but left during the Civil War. Joining the college Corps of Cadets as a corporal on January 25, 1861, he was present at the firing on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. After the cadet corps was disbanded, he enlisted as a private in Company A (Washington Light Infantry) of the 25th South Carolina Infantry (April 4, 1862). Smythe was detached for duty as a lance sergeant in the Signal Corps on October 20, 1862 and subsequently was a signal operator and observer at Fort Sumter, Battery Wagner, the steeple of St. Michael's Church, and on the ironclad C.S.S. Palmetto State in Charleston harbor. In 1864, he was placed in charge of an experiment in which a captured balloon was used as an observation post and made several ascensions before the experiment was discontinued. After the evacuation of Charleston in February 1865, he joined the Fifth South Carolina Cavalry as a sergeant major, fought at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina (March 19, 1865), and surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865.

 CHARLESTON / S.C. // NOV / 20 [1861] double circle datestamp with matching PAID 10 on cover to Mrs. Edward McCrady, Manchester, So Ca; McCrady was a prominent lawyer, jurist and theologian who served as Federal District Attorney before the war. He resigned that post to support secession and was a signer of the 1861 Ordinance of Secession. Ex G. Griffin Frazer  $120.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // AUG / 8 / 1861 cds with matching PAID 5 on pristine homemade cover to Mrs. Harriett Middleton, Flat Rock, NC; Extremely Fine, Ex Wiseman  $180.

GEORGETOWN / S.C. // SEP / 14 / 1861 cds with matching PAID 5 on cover to Mrs. Chas. L. Pettigrew, Scuppernong, No Carolina; slight staining but great markings, flap tears. $140.

SOCIETY HILL / S.C. // JUL / 17 perfectly struck cds with matching PAID 10 (rate in ms) on pristine homemade cover to Mr. R F. W Austin, Georgetown, SC, Superb, Ex Walcott  $300.

TIMMONSVILLE / S.C. // AUG / 25 cds with matching PAID 5 on cover to Revd. J. L. Clifton, Piney Grove, NC; slight cover wear but still Very Fine  $190.

VANCE’S FERRY / S.C. // JUN / 27 cds with matching PAID 10 on cover to Lieut L. A. Harper, St. Matthew’s Rifles, Eutaw Regiment S.C.V., Secessionville, James Island, So. Ca.; offset from letter ink is strong enough to almost be able to read it!

“Manchester [SC] / Oct 20 / Paid 5”all in manuscript on small clean cover to Mr. W.F.B. Haynsworth, Sumter, So Ca; small flap faults, Ex Kohn $200.

SPARTANBURG / S.C. // NOV / 20 / 1862 double circle pmk with matching handstamped PAID 10 on lemon cover to Rev. James P. Boyce, Greenville C.H., So Ca. Rev. James P. Boyce (1827-1888) was the first president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1859-1888. $150.

“B Retreat SC 26 Nov Paid 10” all in manuscript on turned cover to Mr. J. A. Hagood, at Pickens Courthouse, P.D.S.C.; inside use RICHMOND / VA // AUG / 2 / 1863 cds with matching DUE 10 to Mrs. Eliza J. Harbin, Bachelors Retreat, Pickens Dist[rict] So Ca with mandated endorsement “Soldiers letter / Co. F. 1st R.R. S.C.V. / S. A. Harbin / W. J. Harbin S.C.V.” ; bit reduced at bottom with bottom flap replaced; The 1st SC, Army Northern Virginia under Pender was also known as the Blue Ridge Rifles and that may be what the R.R. is in the endorsement. William J. Harbin was a private with Co. F. 1st S.C.V., Orr’s Rifles. Ex Kohn  $300.  

COLUMBIA / S.C. // APR / 7 blue perfectly struck cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on turned cover to R. Dervar Bacot Esq, Florence, S.C. with ms Box J. / I.T. & Co at top. Flaps tightly sealed but clear it was also addressed on inside and likely hand carried. I did not try to unseal it. The Bacots were a slave owning family who ran the Mars Bluff Plantation near Florence.  $200.

“Green Pond SC / Aug 24 / Paid 10” all in manuscript on blue cover to S. D. Doan Esqr, South Santee, So Ca / Via Charleston; flap tears.  $150.

SUMTER / S.C. // NOV / 3 cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on cover to Miss. Eling Mcnear, Chesterfield C.H., So Ca. When unused, this is postmaster provisional, but used examples are considered simply stampless covers. $150.

POCOTALIGO / S.C. // 7 / JUL cds with matching handstamped PAID 10 on cover to Mr. Wm. Thompson, Care R. Spriggs, 588 King Street, Charleston, SC; wonderful strikes. $225.

BEAUFORT / S.C. // JUL / 22 / 1861 lightly struck cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on narrow cover with black wax seal on verso, addressed to Miss Leila Anne Barnwell, Care of Capt. A. Smith Barnwell, Savannah, Georgia. Capt. Barnwell's Battery, Georgia Light Artillery.   $275.

WALHALLA / S.C. // SEP / 16 [1861] cds with matching handtamped PAID with ms 5 on cover to J.E. Hagood, Esqr., Pickens C.H., So. Ca.; bit soiled and small tear at top right not affecting markings; docketing on verso as contents being from Col. H. W. Kuhtmann, Tunnell Hill, SC. James Earle Hagood was in the mercantile business and Clerk of Circuit Court during the War, frequently called upon to perform services for soldiers away in the army and their families. Ex Northcutt. $125.

ROCK HILL / S.C. // AUG / 24 (corrected to 25 in ms) with matching handstamped PAID (no rate) to A. B. Springs, Esq., Care of Capt John White, 6 Reg. So. Ca. Vol., Manassas Junction, Virginia; tears at right cover edge not affecting markings, Ex Northcutt. $120.

Major Andrew Baxter Springs Fort Mill York Dist SC; The Yorkville Enquirer in 1858 wrote about Springs: "Major Springs is the most assiduous cultivator of fine fruit in the whole country and can boast of an orchard of the rarest and most delicious fruits. His selections of stock are from the nurseries of the South, and constitute much of the variety that produce through the entire fruit season." Amazingly enough, Springs Farm of Fort Mill is still in business today! Springs had enlisted in the Confederate Army, but because of age he was sent home.

GEORGETOWN / S.C. // AUG / 26 / 1861 cds with matching handstamped PAID 5 on cover to Edward McCrady, Esq, Care of McCrady & Son, Charleston, S.C., Ex Northcutt. McCrady was a signer of the SC Ordinance of Secession. He graduated Yale in 182 and began his career as an attorney, later a politician. $150.

CHERAW / S.C. // NOV / 4 double circle pmk with matching handstamped PAID 10 on cover to Mrs. R. F. W. Allston, Society Hill, SC on turned cover; inside use pre-war with missing stamp. Detailed bio of Mr & Mrs Allston included. Ex Northcutt. $130.

Robert Francis Withers Allston (1801-1864) was a graduate of West Point, Class of 1821. After a brief stint in the military, he resigned his commission in 1822 and returned to South Carolina, where he devoted his energy to rice planting, a career that made him one of the wealthiest men in the state. When he died in 1864, his estate included over 13,000 acres of land and 590 slaves. Frequently elected to the South Carolina General Assembly, he also served as governor, 1856-1858. He married in 1832 Adele Petigru, the sister of James L. Petigru.