Auction Date:2011 Jan 12 @ 16:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Confederate naval commander who was captain of the famous commerce raider CSS Alabama, taking a record 69 prizes. ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.75 x 10, June 22, 1876. Letter to Mr. L. Maury Jr. In full: “I have rec’d your letter of the 19th inst, making inquiry as to the business prospects in Mobile. When I say to you that our people have been, and still are envying the prosperity of Savanah, you will be able to form some idea of the dearth of business, in our stagnant old city of the Gulf. A man who can bring some capital with him, can find something to do with it here, as everywhere else, … where we have one place to fill by a young man without capital, we have at least half a dozen young men anxious to fill it. But if you are looking for a new place of business, the best plan is to visit the locality yourself, and examine for yourself.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, scattered toning and foxing, and mounting remnants to reverse.
In the years after the Civil War—and his arrest, imprisonment, and eventual pardon—Semmes returned to his Southern law practice. Building on his reputation as commander of the CSS Alabama, as opposed to his abilities as an attorney, Semmes nevertheless was able to rely on his legal career to provide for his family. An interesting commentary on the fragile economy of the defeated South.
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