CSA 11-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (top line of frame broken) tied neat RICHMOND Va. SEP 28 (1864) circular datestamp (Powell type 5g) on cover to Alexender (sic) Donnan, Petersburg (Va.) Ex Harry Muldrow. $150.

Alexander Donnan (1818-1893) was born in Dumfries, Scotland, the sixth child of David Donnan (1778-1857) and Mary Stewart Donnan (1787-1850). The family migrated to Virginia. Alexander and his brother, James M. Donnan, moved to Petersburg, Virginia, where they practiced law together. Alexander Donnan married Anne Eliza Willson (1827-1912), and they had six children. Alexander Donnan died 14 March 1892 in Petersburg, and was buried in Blandford Cemetery. James M. Donnan was an avowed Unionist during the Civil War and a Radical Republican during Reconstruction. He served on the Petersburg City Council and was United States Consul at Belfast, Ireland, from 1873 to 1880.