CSA 4, 5¢ blue, stained and upper left corner intact where wrapped over top of adversity cover which is fashioned from printed marine form, tied by small neat HORSE PASTURES VA JUN 05 (1862) circular datestamp, to C.Y. Thomas, Henry Courthouse, Va.;docketing indicates letter from Jos M. Frashure June 22, 1862. $150.

C.Y. Thomas was a man of more than ordinary distinction in Virginia, an attorney of ability who served in the Virginia senate before the War and struggled in vain against secession. Despite this, he held the office of commonwealth attorney during the War and was appointed by the Confederacy to distribute supplies to the needy families of Confederate soldiers.