675

(CONFEDERATE CONFISCATION)

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(CONFEDERATE CONFISCATION)
<b>675. CONFEDERATE CONFISCATION</b> An interesting war-date manuscript D.S. 2pp. folio, Wake County, N.C., May, 1862, a legal document regarding the case of The Confederate States of America By G. H. Wilder Receiver vs. C. B. Root in which Mr. Root is indebted to two creditors for the tune of over nearly $10,000. However, since the creditors are identified as "<i>enemy aliens...unknown to the Receiver...It is thereupon adjudged by the Court, that the said debts be condensed and confiscated to the Confederate States of America. And it is deemed by the Court that the defendant pay to G. H. Wilder Receiver the said Sums with interest at 7 per cent til paid...</i>". The same "<i>enemy aliens</i>" also owned real property which the court decided should be "<i>...condemned and confiscated to the Confederate States of America. And that G. H. Wilder the Receiver be directed and ordered to sell the said lots to the highest bidder...</i>". Usual folds, otherwise very good condition.<b> $75-100</b>