Charles E. Fenwick Collection--James Andrew Jackson correspondence--6
Entry/Object ID
1995.001.2573
Scope and Content
1 sheet ; 8" x 4 3/4"
This sheet is pale brown with barely discernible blue ruling. The original sheet of 8" x 4 3/4" was folded down to fit in a 5 1/2" x 3" envelope and there it stayed for many years.
December 29, 1864 Letter from James A. Jackson to his brother Albert Jackson. James thanked his brother for a gift of money. He asked for stamps.The ink on the paper is rather faint.
There was an envelope with this letter. Someone had written a tiny 6 in a circle near the postmark. in the upper left corner "in haste" appears in pencil. An attempt at a transcription is included.
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Text on verso of the envelope: none
