Incoming Blockade-Run folded letter sheet addressed to "James Wright/ Oswichee Alabama/ care John Fraser & Co/ Charleston" with the bottom two lines of address penciled out as it was forwarded by the shipowner to Oswichee, the letter sheet departed Nassau Bahamas Sept 26 1862 for Charleston by blockade-runner "Kate", arriving on Sept 29, black oval "STEAM-SHIP" marking and an ms "22" due (double ship rate), Very Fine; ex-Kimmel, Walske (with his analysis of the use on the back)rnThe "Kate" was a 165-foot wooden sidewheel steamer that made 20 successful blockade runs. She was owned by John Fraser & Co. and ran aground Nov 18 1862.rn (Image)

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Incoming Blockade Cover addressed to "Miss N.P. Barron/ Capt J. Barron Hope/ Qr Mr Gen's Office/ Richmond" with "Wilmington N.C./ 5 Paid/ Dec 8" cds and ms "Due 12", back side with the notation "Forwarded by your friend Wm. B. Reed, Richmond Post Office/ I hope you are well", restored upper left corner, Very Fine appearancernJames Barron Hope (1829-87) was a US, and later Confederate naval officer, acting as a representative in Europe for the Confederacy during the Civil War. Born into a very patriotic family, Mr. Hope-+s great-grandfather, the elder James Barron, organized the Virginia Colonial Navy, of which he was commander-in-chief during the Revolutionary War. When Virginia seceded from the union in 1861, Mr. Hope served as the acting quartermaster in Smith-+s Battery of Artillery and also with the Confederate War Department. He obtained the rank of Captain and was paroled at the capitulation of Johnston-+s Army in 1865 at Greensboro, NC. (Image)

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