2 ANTIQUE 1855 LETTERS DR ELISHA DORTCH PITMAN LaGRANGE GA mayor TROUP COUNTY for Sale

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2 ANTIQUE 1855 LETTERS DR ELISHA DORTCH PITMAN LaGRANGE GA mayor TROUP COUNTY For Sale

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2 ANTIQUE 1855 LETTERS DR ELISHA DORTCH PITMAN LaGRANGE GA mayor TROUP COUNTY:
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Please email with any questions. Two handwritten letters from March and April of 1855, sent to hardware merchants in Macon, Georgia by Elisha Dortch Pitman. Pitman owed the Macon company for purchases on account and in both of these letters he has forgotten to sign notes sent to him by the business. I wonder if he was stalling because he couldn't pay or if he was simply scatterbrained and forgetful. Since he had graduated from medical college only three years before these were written, I think that money was scarce.The following is copied from the UGA Vanishing Georgia site: Elisha Dortch Pitman was born June 18, 1825 and died Aug. 4, 1895. He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta in 1852. [D]r. Pitman served on the city council, was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives 1875-1876, and served as mayor during the period around 1890. He was among the men who incorporated the LaGrange, Macon, and Birmingham Railroad. Dr. Pitman married Mary Emily Peavy.Letters havefold lines from mailing. Handwriting is small and elegant but quite legible.