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30+ Tennessee 1862-64 Covers to Daniel Stewart in NY re: Tobacco Sales/Smuggling For Sale
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30+ Tennessee 1862-64 Covers to Daniel Stewart in NY re: Tobacco Sales/Smuggling:
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33 Letters addressed to prominent tobacco merchant Daniel K. Stewart wholeft Richmond with his sons at the outbreak of the civil war to smugglesouthern tobacco northward from Tennessee to New York. Some of the covers’ docketing reference hugequantities of tobacco and money. Some ofthe covers reference the writer in Tennessee wanting a trunk sent from New Yorkwith certain items that apparently will be re-sold. All letters are addressed to Daniel K. Stewart in New York or inLouisville. The majority are from hisson Bryan Stewart. All are extensivelydocketed with what the now-gone letters contained. The Daniel K. Stewart ante-bellum correspondencefrom/to Richmond dealing with tobacco is well know, but this is the first timeI have seen these types of civil war covers. All of these letters are U65-type envelopes. All are pictured in the first twophotographs. **All of these envelopes appear to have been contemporaneously folded ina way to make them smaller. I can tellthis because the docketing goes to the edge of the new fold. My theory is that these were contained in alarger envelope along with other envelopes—but that is a theory. I think my theory is correct, but I cannotprove it. Perhaps you have a differenttheory about why these envelopes were made smaller to fit in something else. This group of 33 covers was purchased by a collector in the 1940s andmounted them on old pages. I haveremoved them from the old pages. Thisgroup does not appear to be recorded in any way and is ripe for study. Some of the envelopes were up-rated with additional stamps. The stamps are gone, having been soaked offwith minimal damage. As many individuals as I can are pictured in later photographs. The vast majority are postmarked Clarksville, Tennessee but there aresome Louisvilles, two Kentucky towns and one Norfolk, Va. There is often a delay in the postmark date to docketed dates of receiptscompared to other times when there is no delay. Several docketings make reference to the Confederacy. One appears to have pencil “examinationmarkings.” A few reference staggering sums of money and large quantities of “Hhds”(Hogsheads) of tobacco. There is no order to the way the covers in photos #3 to #12 were place, perhapsI should have put them in some order, but I could not figure out a way to orderthem. I did do the following chart withinformation about each cover. For thevast majority, I did not transcribe all docketing. Here is a chart I did to provide some information about the covers. Only covers #1 - 27 are photographed in photos #3-12:
Docketed as Cancel Date Town Postmark Docketed Sender Received Addressed to Daniel K. Stewart at… Docket Notes That I found Interesting 1 Dec 17 1863 Clarksville Bryce Stewart #17 Dec 22 1865 24 Broad Street, New York 2 Dec 4 1863 Clarksville Bryce Stewart #10 24 Broad Street, New York \"List of Furnitured which Goregre Roth Could Not Buy Orders John W. Baynham to lay out $500 in G-BKs for Tenn.\" 3 Feb 5 1864 Clarksville Bryce Stewart #33 Feb 8 1864 24 Broad Street, New York \"Lieut Ch. Norvell 14th Va. Cavalry, Prisoner Johnson Isl.\" 4 Jun 17 1863 Clarksville Bryce Stewart #28 Galt House, Louisville \"BS Says Mr. Glenn Offered this many to Dr. Drane on July 1862\" 5 June 16 1863 Clarksville Bryce Stewart #27 Galt House, Louisville \"Rec\'d & Ans 16th June\" 6 Aug 29 1862 Louisville Bryce Stewart \"2nd Sept in Baltimore\" Forwarded to 12 Pine St., New York \"Bryce Stewart original, Clarksville 23rd Augst 1862 Rec\'d 2nd Sept in Baltimore through T J A forwarded for Ny Ansd 5 Sept with copies of 18 & 30 Clarksville Captured 18 Augst by CSA No letters or mail rec\'d later than 7th & 9th\" 7 Indistinct Paducah KY \"B Stewart 1 Nov 1862\" \"17 Nov\" 62 Pine Street, New York \"B Stewart 1 Nov 1862 2nd of that date Part of trunk & my comfort bag sent to R Millboro to Murfreesboro Murn: taken Rec\'d 17 Nov.\" In pencil--\"BK Tenn / Exam\'d ford In pencil--\"Examined Inst for Bracless letter - Evenelope found in BS enclosing\" 8 Aug 18 1863 Clarksville \"Bryce Stewart No 49 \"Rec\'d at Sharon 20 Augst\" Forwarded to Pavilion Hotel, Sharon Springs, NY \"Flag of T. ask Jno to find out Julian Beaumont - He wd. By Capt A. C. Mitchell almost & lend him if in NW.\" 9 Nov 11 1862 Henderson \"B. Stewart Nov 7th\" \"Rec\'d also 17 Novr.\" 62 Pine Street, New York \"Large Bilits to Henderson ought to be divided\" \"Murn: taken 10 Nov 5 1862 Louisville \"BS Oct 20th\" \"Rec\'d 8\" 62 Pine Street, New York \"Letter enclosed of Eliza & Man 20 & 29\" 11 Aug 28 1862 Louisville \"B Stewart\" \"Rec\'d 30th 62 Pine Street, New York \"Can Col. Atwood Enclosing Whitaker, Clarksville Captured by CSA on 18th\" 12 July 14 [1862] Clarksville \"Bryce Stewart\" \"Rec\'d 16th\" \"Care Col. P. B. Atwood, Louisville\" 13 Oct 15 1863 Clarksville \"B Stewart\" \"Rec\'d 19th\" 24 Broad Street, New York 14 Aug 11 1862 Clarksville \"Bryce Stewart\" \"Rec\'d Aug 16th\" \"Care Meessers Richard Irvin & Co., New York\" \"Advising drafts on R. Irwin - 5 drafts amts to $16,000 Millro had bot 70 Hheads Wrote 18 enclosing drafts for $18,000\" 15 Jul 25 1862 Clarksville \"B Stewart 25&26 Jul\" \"Rec\'d & Ans 31st Jul\" Forwarded from Louisville Care Col. P. B. Atwood \"$500 Note BK Tenn, 3 Bags old Gov James Coffee on July 29th to James Hunter & Co. in New York 12 Boxes Sxxxx Candles, Several boxes loaf sugar broken 1 baxxxx pulverized, 6 pans large, best blankets Whitaker & Co. Clarksville Tenn.\" 16 Nov 11 1862 Henderson \"B. Stewart Nov 11\" \"Rec\'d 17th\" 62 Pine Street, New York \"Answers that I should get more Tobo but not to sell Exchange for many days. Mr. Brubank should not send the goods - not xxxx the Bacon at present.\" 17 Aug 7 1862 Clarksville \"B Stewart Augst 7th\" \"Rec\'d Aug 21st\" Forwarded from Louisville Care Col. P. B. Atwood \"Just wrote Jno Rec\'d mine 1st he wrote 5th, Better to keep on Aug 19th to James Hunter & Co. in New York blance N. O. Checks less than 11% Wamts gardner & C. Wrote 28th via Mayfld.\" 18 Nov 14 1863 Clarksville \"Bryan Stewart No. 3\" \"Rec\'d and Ansd 18th\" 24 Broad Street, New York 19 Dec 10 1863 Clarksville \"C Knapp\" \"Rec\'d 14 Dec\" 24 Broad Street, New York \"Saying Retain Mr. Smith\'s Package from C.K.\" 20 Dec 11 1863 Clarksville \"Bryan Stewart No 14\" \"Rec\'d 16 Ansd 16th\" 24 Broad Street, New York \"Piano. Fennenton Services, Rt. Moris & Co. 49 Walnut St., Cincinnati.\" 21 Jun 15 1863 Clarksville \"Bryce Stewart No. 26\" \"Rec\'d & Ansd 15 June\" \"Care of Galt House, Louisville, Kentucky\" \"Bryce Stewart, Clarksville 14 June 1863 W.H. Jackson & Co. 891 Broadway Remit them $507 $1,547.52 in all R. Moore & Co. Sh\'d how drawn for Telegram to pay Jackson Leland 22 Dec 2 1863 Clarksville \"B Stewart No. 13\" \"Rec\'d 14 Decr.\" 24 Broad Street, New York \"2 Candle Stands & Coal Senullus, Pay Heradl Godey & Album to 1865, Governors & Permit 23 May 5 1864 (By Docket) Clarksville \"Bryce Stewart No. 7\" \"Rec\'d & Ans\'d 6 May\" \"Galt House Care of Messers Hall & Long\" \"About Millro & part private, Rec\'d & Ansd 6 March offered his 1/3rd interest in Tobo. Bot. with proceeds of bonds & c - 1/3 interest to be continued in all of John does not object. This in Envelope of Letters 21 April loose Missing.\" 24 June 8 1864 St. Louis \"W. G. Millro \"Care Galt House, Louisville Kenty\" \"W. G. Millro, St. Louis 7 June 1864 care about Kellery. Sent the letter to BS 9 June He had bot. a few hhds dry leaf - Dupuy Buying @ 28 to 33\" 25 Nov 5 1862 Louisville \"B S. 25 Octo 62\" \"Rec\'d 8th & 10th Nov.\" 62 Pine Street, New York \"Send Money 2000 or $3000\" 26 JUL 25 1862 Louisville \"B. Stewart 23 July\" \"Rec\'d in NY 28th Ans 29th\" Postmarked Louisville Addressed to Louisville Term: Money. Bill of Encl. Hurah. Sugar candles, coffee, tea where forwarded to James Hunter & Co. in NY Candles Sent by Mr. Whittaker from NY order Herald Tell him to pay 2 1/2 or 5% Correspond 27 Aug 11 1862 Clarksville \"W. S. Millro \"Rec\'d 18th and Ans 18th\" \"Care Jas Hunter & Co., NY\" \"Had Bot 75 Hhds\" Clarksville 9 Augst 1862\" 28 No Postmark No Postmark \"Bryce Stewart 17 Septr\" \"Daniel K. Stewart, Esq.\" -- Nothing Else \"17 Septr original with originals from J . S. 26 May 10 July an\'d 9/10 Octr. Rec\'d 29 Sept by WSMT Howell Bryan ordered a trunk with things.\" 29 No Postmark No Postmark \"Bryce Stewart No. 20 \"Rec\'d and Ansd 29th Dec\" \"Care O.K. King & Co., 24 Broad Street, New York\" \"Enclosing a letter from Shankelford\" Clarksville 25 Decr 1863\" 30 SEP 27 1862 Louisville \"Bryce Stewart 17 Sept 1862\" \"Rec\'d 30 Sept. Ans\'d 9/10 Oct\" \"Care of Thomas J. Hand, Esq., No 62 Pine Street, NY\" \"Copies letters J. S. of 26 May & 10 July Bryan orders a trunk with ladies things & for Buying to be sent to Millro.\" 31 SEP 29 1862 Louisville \"Bryan Stewart 10 Septr.\" \"Rec\'d 22nd Sept. Ans\'d 9/10 Oct\" \"Care of Thomas J. Hand, Esq., No 62 Pine Street, NY\" \"Same day as originals sent part of J. S. to bill Steamer 23 Sepr.\" 32 Mar 24 1863 Norfolk \"J. Marshall Smith Norfolk \"Rec\'d + Answered 26th no copy\" \"Care of Messers R. King & Co., New York\" 24 March 1863\" 33 OCT 9271862 (By Docket) Part Cancel \"B. Steward & E. J. Stewary \"Care Tho. J. Hand, Esq., 62 Pine Street, New York.\" \"B Stewart E. J. Stewart & Bryan S., Junr. 9 Octr 1862 Pair of Stamps Gone \"SHELBYVILLE KY\" Copies of B. S. 7th, 20th, 25th & 27th Octr. With J. S. of 15th Sepr. All burnt up and had original originals 27 Octr BS 16 Octr J. S.\"
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