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Confederate $100 Bill Inscribed With Poem

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Confederate $100 Bill Inscribed With Poem
<B>Confederate $100 Bill Inscribed With Post-Surrender Verse.</B></I> “<I>The Unrecorded</B></I>” is the title of a grim 42-line poem by Colonel Henry Fanthorp that is penned on the back of a Confederate note and signed with an "<I>HF</B></I>" monogram dated May 1, 1865. The poem reads in very small part “<I>…Like our dream of hope it passed / Keep it dear friend / 'Til time shall end / For their story will never be told / For a dreary pall / Like a blackened wall / Covers them now all silent and cold.</B></I>” The front of the bill carries a profile portrait of Lucy Pickens, a young woman universally considered the very embodiment of ideal Southern Womanhood. A poignant memento of the “Lost Cause” connected to an important figure in early Texas history. Aging, stains, a small area of marginal loss and one turned corner. Good condition. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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