Stampless Covers - South Carolina - Section Two - Item#18747
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Item# 18747

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ADAMS RUN / S.C. // OCT 20 (date in ms) neat cds and matching PAID (no rate) on legal size TURNED COVER with ms “O.B.” at upper right as well as “Chg A.A.G.” at upper left (Assistant Adjutant General). Cover is addressed to Saml J. Hay, Agt & C, Green Pond, S.C. Inside is semi-official imprint of Head Quarters, 2nd Military District, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Official Business. It is addressed simply to “Hospital.”  Imprint is UNLISTED in current CSA catalog; similar imprint catalog $750. File fold at center and pressed out wrinkles typical of this size envelope, fully exploded to show inside; 1976 letter from former Adam’s Run collector Dan Telep accompanies. LL $200. Listed in both Imprints-1 and South Carolina Stampless

Samuel J. Hay was a railroad agent for the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, connecting two of the most important port cities. The railroad was chartered in 1853, with work started in 1856 and completed in 1860. There was little local support for the railroad since neither of its two cities wanted to improve the prospects of the other in their continuing competition to be the major port of the southeast. The Confederacy, however, found it to be very useful as an alternate to sending Georgia traffic through Augusta and as a way to quickly move defending troops between Charleston and Savannah, as Union threats required.

Price: $200