BLANCHARD, JAMES HUMPHREY (1872-1954) Prominent Post-Bellum Resident of Greenwood, Mississippi# 9716
Signed Photograph, 6” x 8”, a silver-print image of Blanchard as a young man, circa 1900. Signed in pencil on the reverse, “J.H. Blanchard, Greenwood, Miss[issippi],” with pencil notations in another hand just above, seemingly indicating an obituary or biographical placement in a local newspaper.
Excellent, with light toning and old mounting remnants on the reverse.
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JAMES, WILLIAM LEVIS (1833-1903) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Civil War Colonel in the Quartermaster’s Department# 10888
War-Date Letter Signed – City Point, Virginia, September 1864 – Bills of Lading for the “Steamer Charlotte Vanderbilt.”
Civil War-Date Letter Signed, on an imprinted 7 ½” x 9 ½” form. Partly printed, with the manuscript portions also being accomplished by James.
“Assistant Quartermaster’s Office, Fort Monroe, V[irgini]a, Sept[ember] 26th 1864. Captain Col[onel] P.P. Pilkin, A[ssistant] Q[uarter] M[aster] City Point, Va. Col[onel], I have the honor to enclose herewith, duplicate Bills of Lading for Public Stores, shipped this day per Steamer Charlotte Vanderbilt. Please endorse and return one at your earliest convenience. Very respectfully Your Ob[e]d[ien]t Servant, Wm. L. James, Capt[ain] and A[ssistant] Q[uarter] M[aster].”
Lightly and evenly toned, with two horizontal folds; there is a small tear, with minor paper loss, in the upper left corner.
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