1862 VA CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN LETTER +COVER CARRIED SLAVE CIVIL WAR AGLIONBY W@W

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1862 VA CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN LETTER +COVER CARRIED SLAVE CIVIL WAR AGLIONBY W@W:
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AMAZING FOLDED LETTER, ENVELOPE WITH MANUSCRIPT \"O.B.\" FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS, CARRIED \"BY THOM,\" CARRIED BY SLAVE TO MR CHARLES AGLIONBY, AT HOME. (BIRTH 4 Jun 1807Culpeper County, Virginia, USADEATH 30 Jan 1891 (aged 83) --The son of John Yates and Julia Lovell Yates changed his last name to Aglionby in 1854 to fulfill the terms of the will of his great great aunt Sarah. The change allowed him to inherit her land. He married Fanny Walker in 1844. They lived at Mount Pleasant Farm in Jefferson County and raised a large family there. In 1860 the 375 acre farm had twenty slaves. In 1861 and 1862 most of them left, taking wagons, horses, mules, and gear, during the Federal occupation of the area. The Civil War diary and other papers of Charles Aglionby are at the United Kingdom National Archives in Carlisle, England.) ------ LETTER HEADLINED \"OFFICE PAY DEPTMT V... NOVBR 1 / \'62,\" SIGNED \"VERY RESPECTFLLY YOURS, A. ELHART, CAPT & A.Q.M., PAYMASTER V...\" LETTER ALSO MENTIONS SLAVE \"THOM\" TWICE & HE IS MENTIONED ON FRONT OF ENVELOPE, LETTER READS \"MR CHS AGLIONBY, D. SIR, I ARRIVED HERE YESTERDAY AND FINDING THAT IT IS ONLY 10 MILES FROM MY CAMP. I SEND THOM HOME TO SEE YOU & GET SOME CLOTHES. I WOULD BE GLAD IF YOU WOULD COME TO SEE ME MONDAY MORNING AS I WISH TO SETTLE WITH YOU FOR THE HIRE OF THOM. PLEASE INFORM MR FRANCIS YATES THAT HIS BOY IS ALSO WITH ME & TO COME WITH YOU FOR THE SAME PURPOSE,\"SEE PHOTOS !!! , SHIPPING AND HANDLING IS $3.00 IN USA, OR $16.00 FOREIGN. I COMBINE SHIPPING COSTS ON MULTIPLE ITEM TO SAVE YOU MONEY. CHECK MY VERY HIGH response !!! ----