CONFEDERATE TELEGRAPH DOCUMENT

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Item Code: 998-353

Document meas. approx. 8.00 x 4.00 inches and is in good condition. It is pre-printed and filled out in ink.

The top of the document is headed “THE SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH COMPANIES” which is followed by a box containing a paragraph on terms and conditions.

Lower portion is filled in with period ink and reads;

RICHMOND NOV. 19                                                          WYTHEVILLE NOV. 19 1864

CAPT. J. SHELLEY

I SEND FIVE THOUSAND 5000 IN GOLD BY TODAY EXPRESS SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY (750) IN VIRGINIA BANK NOTES + WILL SEND ON TUESDAY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND 200,000 IN CURRENCY.

JNO. M. STROTHER, CAPT.

Reverse is marked J. M. STROTHER, NOV. 19/64

John Meredith Strother was born in Richmond on March 29, 1838. He attended the University of Virginia and taught there. He served as a captain and chief clerk in the Confederate Treasury Department. He died October 1, 1871 and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.  [ad]

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