Confederacy, Wheelock Texas "Oct 8", cds with manuscript date and matching "Paid 10" rating on blue folded letter addressed to W. P. Ballinger at Houston, Tex., letter is datelined "Port Sullivan, Tex Oct 5th 1864" from Ferguson & Bro. noting "neither of us have the specie (money in coin) therefore can make no offer", and noting that since the writer made an offer of $60,000 in Confederate Money in May 1862, his idea as to the value of the land has considerably diminished, Very Fine, ex-Kohn. Estimate  $300 - 400. LETTER PROVIDES INTERESTING DISCUSSION ON HOW THE WAR IMPACTED MONEY AND THE DIFFICULTIES IN TRANSACTING SALES DURING TIMES OF UNREST. $0 (Image)