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Jefferson Davis CDV, Signed and Dated to his Imprisonment in Fort Monroe
Sale 1853 - American History: Premier Auction
Jun 21, 2019 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$2,000 - 3,000
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$1,500
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Jefferson Davis CDV, Signed and Dated to his Imprisonment in Fort Monroe

CDV featuring a vignetted portrait of Jefferson Davis in civilian clothing, signed in ink, "Truly yours / Jefferson Davis," with Vannerson & Jones, Richmond, VA imprint on verso along with 2-cent revenue stamp struck with Vannerson & Jones handstamp and November 1865 date. Verso also bears modern penciled date, "11.8.1865." Davis was captured on May 10, 1865 by Union cavalrymen near Irwinville, Georgia, and imprisoned for two years at Fort Monroe in Virginia. Because of the restrictions on his visitors and communications, very little was written or signed while he was imprisoned.

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