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Item# 20154
Price: $325
CAMP HOFFMAN, POINT LOOKOUT, MD: US 65, 3¢ rose tied by Point Lookout target duplex, Apr 21, 1865; from 17-year-old Sgt. William M. Hill [Co. G, 3rd Va. Local Defense Troops] "The Boy Company of Richmond," to his mother, Mrs. Lewis Hill care R.H. Maury & Co. in occupied Richmond; undated octagonal examined handstamp (PWH-17). The second latest recorded use of this marking according to Harrison. Newspaper obituary included. $325.
William Maury Hill (“Willy”) (1848-1918), a mere boy when he served in the war, became a nationally-known banker after the war. Included is a 1918 obituary. Robert Henry Maury (1816-1886) was a banker in Richmond and head of the firm R. H. Maury & Co.dealing in real estate, railroads, coal, and land speculation in West Virginia. (not to be confused with Robert Henry Maury (1838-1870), the son of John Walker Maury (1809-1855) and Isabel Foyles (1813-1889) – his nephew)