GOVERNOR REUBEN CHAPMAN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 08/26/1865 - HFSID 86567
Sale Price $573.75
Reg. $675.00
REUBEN CHAPMAN
Four months after the Civil War ends, the former Alabama Governor's house
will be taken by the U.S. government so he has to move.
ALS: "R. Chapman", 3½ pages, 5x8.
Tuscaloosa (Alabama), 1865 August 26. To "Cabaniss". In
part: "The time is drawing near when I must make some provision for my
family that I am ill at ease. We have been told that our house here will be
taken from us by the 1st Oct. My
judgement is that we ought to go on our place in Sumter, but to this my family
can ill afford so if a house can be procured in Huntsville we think of going
there since my information from Bob Smith and others in Mobile discourages a
location there...." Reuben Chapman (1799-1882) served as a Democrat
representing Alabama in Congress (1835-1847) and Governor of Alabama
(1847-1849). He was a delegate to the Baltimore convention that tried to avoid
the Civil War. From 1862-1865, Chapman served as a representative of the
Confederacy to France. Fragile. Nicked lower edges. Folds. Tears at vertical
and horizontal folds affect numerous words. Vertical fold touches
"R".
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