CSA 7, 5¢ blue, two 4-margin singles used with grids and matching postmark of FARMVILLE / VA on neat cover to Miss Agnes M. Haxall, Haxall, Crenshaw & Co., Richmond, Va. $125.

Haxall & Crenshaw Flour Mill: The first gristmill in Richmond was built on rocks in the river and approached by planks laid from one rock to another. In the 19th century, fleets of schooners and brigs carried Richmond's flour to Brazil and around Cape Horn to San Francisco and Australia. From Colonial times, the waterpower of the James was used to grind wheat into flour. This became even more effective when millraces, like the Haxall Canal, were dug to divert water from the river for this purpose. Eventually, Richmond became one of the largest flour exporters in the world. During the war, the mill was kept busy by the rebel government, supplying the wants of the army, and when Richmond was evacuated, it fell prey to the fire that burned over thirty squares of the business part of the city, consuming many of the public buildings. The ruins of the mill are one of the famous subjects of photographer Alexander Gardner, on file at the Library of Congress.