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1872 Slave Document & Cover/ Fauquier County, Virginia/ Confederate Up for auction is a super rare 1872 letter and cover from former Confederate AAG Giles B. Cook, a Port Royal, Virginia lawyer, to William P. Ficklin of Fauquier County, Virginia. Ficklin is the father of Lt. William L. Ficklin of the famous Black Horse Cavalry (4th Virginia Cavalry). The letter is about the collection and settlement of accounts related to William & Ann Dulany, in-laws of William P. Ficklin. What’s interesting about this letter is that Cook is attempting to collect revenue in 1871 for non-payment of slaves hi... |
