CHARLESTON / S.C. // DEC / 7 / 1861 cds with matching PAID 5 handstamp on gray all-over illuminated ad cover of Chambers, Barnes & Co., General Commission Merchants, Charleston, S.C., to A. B. Springs, Esq., Fort Mills, S.C.; Barnes crossed out in red crayon, original enclosure accompanies concerning difficult in cashing checks from one bank to another; small edge tear, otherwise Very Fine, Ex Littlejohn, Mayo. $550.

Major Andrew Baxter Springs Fort Mill York Dist SC; The Yorkville Enquirer in 1858 wrote about Springs: "Major Springs is the most assiduous cultivator of fine fruit in the whole country and can boast of an orchard of the rarest and most delicious fruits. His selections of stock are from the nurseries of the South, and constitute much of the variety that produce through the entire fruit season." Amazingly enough, Springs Farm of Fort Mill is still in business today. Springs enlisted in the Confederate Army, but because of age he was sent home.

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