Lot 1208
Union Occupation Broadside, Raleigh, North Carolina. An extraordinary, previously unknown, Reconstruction broadside signed in print by E.F. Lee, an agent of the U.S. Government, c. 1865, 9½ x 12½ in. The broadside appeals to "White or Corored Soldiers, or Widows, Children, Fathers or Mothers of Union soldiers, White or Black, who were killed or died of wounds while in the service…." They will receive "important information which will be of Material benefit to them" if they send their names and addresses and the name of their County Court Clerk. "Soldiers not having honorable discharges need not answer this notice." Confederate veterans are conspicuously left out of this offer. A large dampstain over much of the broadside does not affect legibility.
Estimated Value $2,400 - 3,000.
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| Realized $1,208 |
