HART'S ISLAND, NEW YORK HARBOR: US 65, 3¢ rose tied by a weak New York duplex, May 1865 on MOURNING COVER to James M. Morey, Prisons Camp, Hart's Island, New York Harbor Comp 2.; cover reduced at the right trimming off black edge otherwise Very Fine with intact back and flaps edged in black. Included is the ORIGINAL LETTER datelined Jersey City, May 11, 1865,from Morey's mother who was visiting the East from Franklin, Tenn., beginning the process of getting him released by taking the oath of allegiance. At the end of the letter, she writes of conditions in Tennessee, "A blight seems to over spread the land; a hopelessness for the future, which they have not the energy to throw off." ONE OF ONLY 22 RECORDED USES – Hart’s Island was only in operation for four months. $1,100. 

Listed in both Miscellaneous-2 and POW-2

James M. Morey (1844-1923) was born in Jonesboro, Tenn., and died in Greensville, Tenn. He enlisted as a corporal October 15, 1862, and mustered into Co. D, 32nd Tenn. Infantry. He was taken prisoner February 15, 1865, at Orangeburg, SC.