Paper
1866 · Morganton, North Carolina
by [Southern Express Company]
Morganton, North Carolina: Southern Express Company. E. H. Pughe, Print Augusta, Ga, 1866. Paper. Very good. Paper. Part hand written and part printed form. Approx. 8.5" x 5." Receipt from Morganton, North Carolina, received by Maj. H. D. Norton, and marked for W. H. Cornwell No. 15 Trumbull St., New Haven Conn. "W. H. Cornwell 1 pkge June 21 1866" written on the blank verso. A printed section on the front left states, "Issued by Southern Express Company. War risk, seizure or stoppage by civil or military authority or force, excepted for (initialed)..." Interesting reconstruction period document. (Inventory #: 31001)