LOT #12787 |
Sold on Sep 17, 2008 for: Not Sold
T6 $50 1861 PF-1 Cr. 6.. ...
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Description
Endorsed by Bromwell
T6 $50 1861 PF-1 Cr. 6.A nice solid Fine example, with three pinholes noted in the portrait area. This note comes with a historically significant endorsement on the back, which reads, "Issued Oct. 3, 1861 Wm J Bromwell Disbursing Clerk Dept of State". When the Confederate government was preparing to evacuate Richmond, Bromwell was ordered by Secretary of State Judah Benjamin to remove the State Department records. Bromwell secretly hid the records in a barn in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, of which he would eventually advise John T. Pickett of the whereabouts. Pickett would then go on to sell the records to the United States government in 1872 for $75,000. While commonly called, "The Pickett Papers", we have Bromwell to thank for storing, and not burning, the early records of the Confederacy.
Auction Info
2008 September Long Beach, CA CAA Signature Auction #3502 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
September, 2008
17th-21st
Wednesday-Sunday
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