LOT 1800s ANTIQUE BUSINESS LETTERS & LETTERHEADS LEESBURG GEORGIA LEE COUNTY

Description

Please email with any questions. Group of 31 19th century business letters and handwritten notes regarding orders sent to a hardware store in Macon, Georgia from Leesburg, Georgia in Lee County. Sending orders and merchandise via train or wagon was how business was conducted between Macon and Leesburg. These date to from the 1870's to the 1880's. Some pieces in the group are soiled. These pieces of ephemera were stored in top floor of the Macon hardware store building for over 100 years and show some dirt and soot stains. If you have early family history in Leesburg then you might find some family members in this lot. Some names: Stokes, Booker, Cowart, Tison, Carter.