Title: Autograph Letter Signed from James Meara in Macon, Georgia, co-proprietor of Lanier House, to an Alex Hackett in New York, referring to the sale of a slave amongst other matters Author: Meara, James Place: Macon, GA Publisher: Date: March 9, 1858 Description: 20 lines, in ink, on single sheet of lined paper. With envelope of Lanier House, Logan & Meara, Proprietors, Macon, Ga., addressed with stamp and postmark. 24x19.2 cm. (9¾x7½"). James Meara has been having problems with his health, and, apparently, problems with his wife: "...I have been sick more or less ever since & lately was given up by the Doctors I have made my will & jointed the Church so I trust in God... You had better get your note from my wife as she refused to give it to me, besides she sold the Negroe for 1050 Dolls last summer and pocketed the proceeds - The Bar Keeper you sent us in the Fall done very well for a few weeks he like other white men has become a Gentleman of leisure. If you know of any other if so let me know immediately don't promise him over 40$ per month..." An interesting letter revealing some of the social mores of the Old South in the last years before the Civil War was to change it forever. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good or better. Item number: 236020
Title: Autograph Letter Signed from James Meara in Macon, Georgia, co-proprietor of Lanier House, to an Alex Hackett in New York, referring to the sale of a slave amongst other matters Author: Meara, James Place: Macon, GA Publisher: Date: March 9, 1858 Description: 20 lines, in ink, on single sheet of lined paper. With envelope of Lanier House, Logan & Meara, Proprietors, Macon, Ga., addressed with stamp and postmark. 24x19.2 cm. (9¾x7½"). James Meara has been having problems with his health, and, apparently, problems with his wife: "...I have been sick more or less ever since & lately was given up by the Doctors I have made my will & jointed the Church so I trust in God... You had better get your note from my wife as she refused to give it to me, besides she sold the Negroe for 1050 Dolls last summer and pocketed the proceeds - The Bar Keeper you sent us in the Fall done very well for a few weeks he like other white men has become a Gentleman of leisure. If you know of any other if so let me know immediately don't promise him over 40$ per month..." An interesting letter revealing some of the social mores of the Old South in the last years before the Civil War was to change it forever. Lot Amendments Condition: Very good or better. Item number: 236020
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