CSA 11c,10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) on October 5, 1863, cover from British Consul in Charleston to the new British Consul in Richmond 3 days before the former was expelled, tied by CHARLESTON S.C. OCT 5, 1863 circular datestamp on cover to G.A. Myers, Esq. Attorney at Law, Richmond Va. with "H.P. Walker" sender's endorsement at bottom left, vertical creases. From British Consul Henry Pinckney Walker in Charleston, who was expelled from the CSA along with the rest of the British Consuls 3 days later. Addressed to the acting British Consul in Richmond, a Jewish prominent lawyer. Click here to see the story of Walker and the British Consuls.  $450.

Gustavus Adolphus Myers was born August 9, 1801, the son of Samuel Myers and Judith (Hays) Myers. He was a lawyer in Richmond and served as president of Richmond Publishing Co., and director of Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad and Mutual Assurance Society. He was also a member of the Richmond City Council. He married Anne Augusta (Giles) Conway and was father of artist, William Barksdale Myers. Myers died August 20, 1869, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery. He was considered Richmond's most prominent Jewish citizen.

 Expulsion of British Consuls from the Confederacy. Consuls were helping British subjects in the Confederacy avoid conscription, which Confederate officials were increasingly applying to citizens and non-citizens alike. Britain allowed that foreign-born men could be required to take part in emergency local defense, but denied the Confederacy’s right to draft them into regular military service. President Jefferson Davis ruled that the British consuls could “…no longer be permitted to exercise their functions or even to reside within the limits of the Confederacy.” In a move that dashed any hopes that Britain would recognize Confederate sovereignty. On October 8, 1863, its consuls were expelled from the Confederacy