Lot
2442 
Confederacy, Strother (S.C.) Aug. 14, 1861, manuscript postmark with "P 5" rate on lengthy folded letter from William S. Lyle to F.W. Pickens, Governor of South Carolina in Columbia, letter with interesting content discussing subjects of guns and arms in great detail, Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens was a long serving political figure in South Carolina and was governor in the first part of the war. William Strother Lyles was a doctor and surgeon in Fairfield District, Oaks Plantation. He was a signer of the Ordinance of Secession and member of the legislature.
Realized: $150