CSA 4, 5¢ blue (4 large margins) tied with socked-on-the-nose GREENVILLE C.H. / S.C. cds on fresh cover to C.M. Furman, Esq., Prest. Bank of the State, Charleston, S.C. Extremely Fine gem. Ex Benson. $300.

Charles Manning Furman (1797-1872) was president of the State Bank on Broad Street, in Charleston, whose only son William died of cholera as a child. He was a man of great wealth. During the Civil War, it is said he packed all the money in his carriage and rode all over the state eluding enemy troops. In the 1850 US census Slave Schedules, he is shown to own 12 slaves. In the 1860 US Census Slave Schedules, this had increased to 51 slaves. Mr. Furman was said to be a high toned, distinguished, useful and very popular citizen in and of the State. An editorial notice from the Charleston Courier of the July 3, 1872, stated: “Charles M. Furman, whose demise occurred at the residence of Hon. Jno. E. Carew, yesterday afternoon. The deceased was a son of that lamented and well beloved Divine, Rev. Dr. Richard Furman, one of the earliest pastors of the Baptist Church in this [p.135] city. He was born in 1797, and was educated in the city of his birth. In 1824, he was elected to the lower branch of the Legislature. He was an active and zealous member of the City Council. He was connected with the South Carolina RailRoad for many years as a Director.”