CSA 11-AD, 10¢ blue (4 large margins all around) tied lightly struck RICHMOND / Va. cds on clean legal envelope (9” x 4”) to Henry Norgrove Esq, Lexington, Va., with ms. at top “Treasury Department, 2nd Aud[itor’s] Office, Off. Business,” small tear at top away from stamp and markings. $200.

Henry Norgrove (1814-1881) was a native of Berkshire near Oxford, England. He immigrated to Richmond and moved to Charlottesville before moving to Lexington in 1837. He was a tailor and clothes merchant. One of his sons, Edward W. Norgrove (1843-1863) was serving in the Lexington Rifles. He was mortally wounded at Chancellorsville. His other son, William H. Norgrove (1840-1863), served as a Lieutenant in the Botetourt Artillery and died of wounds received at Port Gibson, Mississippi, in May, 1863. Henry Norgrove served in the Lexington Patrol during the war. He continued his tailoring career in Lexington until his death.

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