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LETTER WRITTEN BY CONFEDERATE SURGEON J. JEFFERSON-JONES
on a piece of paper removed from a journal, addressed from 'Weston, Ga, Oct 3rd 1862', to a J.R. Binion, he mentions:
- 'many people have died in the lower part of the County with St Anthonys Fire, in fact all who took it died until I got to going among them, Bilious Typhoid ...are the prevailing diseases in this neighbourhood...',
- he expects to be called up for army service soon unless doctors are made exempt
- he asks for his friend to buy thread for his wife and 'a gallon or so of brandy' for himself
- he states that '...little Mark Holloman is expected on the train today as a corpse, he was wounded and died last Saturday', 2pp (a lot)
Sold for $50
Lot 61
on a piece of paper removed from a journal, addressed from 'Weston, Ga, Oct 3rd 1862', to a J.R. Binion, he mentions:
- 'many people have died in the lower part of the County with St Anthonys Fire, in fact all who took it died until I got to going among them, Bilious Typhoid ...are the prevailing diseases in this neighbourhood...',
- he expects to be called up for army service soon unless doctors are made exempt
- he asks for his friend to buy thread for his wife and 'a gallon or so of brandy' for himself
- he states that '...little Mark Holloman is expected on the train today as a corpse, he was wounded and died last Saturday', 2pp (a lot)
Estimate $100 - $150
Militaria
AUCTION
Sale: LJ5647
11:00am - 22 July 2012
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
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Giles Moon
info@leonardjoel.com.au
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