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Early Radford, Virginia Archive

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Paper Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Early Radford, Virginia Archive
<B>Early Radford, Virginia Archive,</B></I> consisting of 19 items pertaining mostly to the Ingles, Radford and Taylor Families. Grouping includes a 1789 receipt, several antebellum letters from the 1830s - 1850s and an 1846 Mexican War letter to John B. Radford from a "<I>Dragoon Camp near Evansville Ark</B></I>". Of particular interest are three Civil War items as follows: October 6, 1861 ALS from Nannie Radford to her brother Captain John Radford with envelope addressed to him in the 24th Virginia camp at Fairfax Station; Manuscript General Orders from February 20, 1863 assigning Major John Radford to the 4th Virginia; and, a manuscript accounting of re-enlistments and recruits for Company "E", 24th Virginia Infantry. This document is signed by Captain William M. Bentley of the 24th. A final item of note is a Bank of Radford canceled check from 1891 which is signed by former Confederate general G. C. Wharton. Items aged as expected, averaging very 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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