“Port Conway Va August 3rd 1861 Paid 5” (King George County) scarce small manuscript postmark from this seaport on the Rappahannock. EARLIEST LISTED DATE in the Virginia Postal History Society Catalog, this is likely the listing copy; on small pink lined laid-paper envelope to Miss Sallie Munford Care Col. G.W. Munford, Richmond, Virginia. Small professional repair at upper left. Ex Harrison. $180.

George Wythe Munford (1803-1882) obtained his degree of Bachelor of Law at the College of William and Mary. He was employed by his father to assist him in his duties as Clerk of the House of Delegates, and succeeded him in that position in 1825 despite being only 22 years old. He was Clerk of the Constitutional Convention of 1829-30, and resigned as Clerk of the House of Delegates to become Secretary of the Commonwealth, in which capacity he served the State 12 years longer. Col. Munford was twice Commander of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues. He compiled and published a revision of the Code of Virginia in 1860, and another edition in 1873. He was the first Auditor of the United States Treasury.