Object Details
- Description
- Letter posted in Richmond, Virginia, August 17, 1861, and handstamped Paid 10, paying the Confederate postage as required for a distance beyond 500 miles. From there the letter was transmitted in the care of the Adams Express Company and transported to Louisville, Kentucky, where the express company affixed a 3-cent 1857 U.S. postage stamp and placed the letter in the regular U.S. postal system for delivery to Boston. By the time the letter arrived in Boston, the new 3-cent 1861 postage stamps had been introduced in that city, thus the old 1857 stamp was not recognized for payment, and the letter was marked "DUE 3 CENTS." Since the addressee had moved on to Caldwell, New York, the letter was forwarded to that city with an additional charge of another "due" three cents.
- The addressee is William C. Rives, Jr. Most likely the sender was his father, William C. Rives, who was at that time a member of the Confederate Congress. Rives had previously served in the United States Senate, the House of Representatives, and as Ambassador to France.
- August 17, 1861
- Object number
- 1993.2002.18
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 2 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (6.99 x 13.02 cm)
- Place
- Virginia
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 26
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- National Stamp Collection
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_1993.2002.18
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8c1343fba-a61b-45a0-aec5-1f374c123a52
