U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
September 11-12, 2013
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #81 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1855 Davis, Jefferson, free frank signature as Secretary of War (under President Franklin Pierce 1853-1857), cover addressed to Mrs. Alfred Mordecai, Washington Arsenal, D.C., vertical filing fold, otherwise fine. Alfred Mordecai (1804-1887) was commander of the Washington Arsenal, now Fort McNair. Mordecai also served as assistant to the Secretary of War and as part of a U.S. military commission to Crimea. In 1861, Mordecai sought an army post in California to avoid fighting in the Civil War. When the request was denied, he resigned his commission rather than serve against his native North Carolina  | Price Realized $450.00 |
