CIVILIAN FLAG OF TRUCE: cover to Dr. A. T. Zevely, Salem, North Carolina, with ms. directive “Forsythe” at lower left; postmarked RICHMOND Va. NOV 16 1863 (Powell type 5d) and (due) 10 with ORIGINAL LETTER from his brother in Cumberland, Maryland, dated Oct. 31.63 in which he acknowledges receipt of his letter (the only one since the war began) telling him of his father’s death. Ex Harrison and mounted a page from his award-winning exhibit. LL $250.

Dr. Augustus T. Zevely (1816-1872) was a doctor, saddler, and mayor of Salem NC. Augustus was sent to the Moravian Boys School in Nazareth, Pa, to learn the saddler’s trade. He returned to Salem to set up shop in 1836, but stayed for only a little over a year, leaving to study medicine at Jefferson College in Philadelphia. He graduated with a medical degree from Jefferson College in 1840, and again returned to Salem to begin his practice. In October 1840, he married Lucinda Paulina Blum. Dr. and Mrs. Zevely had five children. In June 1845, Dr. Zevely purchased a house that had been constructed by David Blum the year before. It served as Dr. Zevely’s office, and also functioned as an inn for travelers the Salem Tavern could not accommodate. Their residence is now a private bed and breakfast inn.