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Title: Help with 1850 USA entrie needed.
Post by: Chris Weddell on August 13, 2014, 09:14:27 PM

Hi All,
Cn anyone read the name of the Col the etrie addressed to and can any one read and give me an idea of what the contents of the letter as i just cant read this one. ??? I would like to try and reseach this one but i cant make out the full name.
regards
Christopher

Title: Re: Help with 1850 USA entrie needed.
Post by: Chris Grimshaw on August 14, 2014, 05:30:15 AM

Hi Chris

Try Dawson.

Cheers

Chris

Title: Re: Help with 1850 USA entrie needed.
Post by: Paul McTaggart on August 14, 2014, 10:41:08 AM

I agree with Chris that the surname looks like "Dawson".

The location address is Camden Ark (Arkansas) down south in confederate country USA.

How have you dated the cover ?

Paul

Title: Re: Help with 1850 USA entrie needed.
Post by: Alan Baker on August 14, 2014, 05:12:03 PM

I tried a Google search on "Col J Dawson Arkansas" and came up with a number of options, although not quite for these initials.

Apparently, in the American Civil War, there was a unit known as Dawson's Arkansas Infantry. Several Dawson's were Colonels and I found one who was a farmer in Camden, Arkansas. Didn't have time to look further but it might be worth exploring this route

Title: Re: Help with 1850 USA entrie needed.
Post by: Chris Weddell on August 14, 2014, 10:49:08 PM

Hi All,
The letter is dated for 20th Dec 1850 and was sent from New Orleans.The letter is an invoice.I will try now to track down the Col. with the help given.
Thanks
Chris

Title: Re: Help with 1850 USA entrie needed.
Post by: Paul McTaggart on August 16, 2014, 07:37:43 AM

Hi Chris,

Found this. May be a lead or not ?

http://sparedandshared.wordpress.com/letters/1850-hezekiah-dews-to-col-john-h-dawson/

Paul

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