Sternes Correspondence - Item#11256
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Item# 11256

Letter, page 1

EUFAULA / Ala. // AUG / 30 [1863] cds with matching PAID / 10 (CSA Catalog type E) on cover, penciled “Charge My Box #126, A.S.” to Mrs. A. Sternes, Care John C. Thornton Esq, Fort Valey (sic) Georgia with 4-page letter headed August 28/63 and 29th. Among other things, he questions why son George gets a letter from her and son Thornton does not. Indeed, it is clear from reading all letters that George is the favored son. Also, “Now Darling for pitty (sic) sake do not urge Cus (Cousin) Looli to come home with you for we have not got anything to eat and we cannot buy anything for love or money…I had hoped that you would have got my 1st letter containing 10 pages before you left the Springs and would have written.” Doubtless, Arba figured out that she did not receive that letter, nor the next one, when they were returned to Eufaula. He was concerned enough, not hearing from her, that he tried to telegraph her, but found there was no telegraph operator at Fort Valley.  SOLD as part of the Sternes correspondence. Kept on the website to tell the story.

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