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Item# 14867
Price: $400
CAMP CHASE, COLUMBUS, OHIO: US 65, 3¢ rose tied by “prison bars grid” cancel with COLUMBUS / O. // JUL / 26 dcds on cover addressed to Elder D. P. Henderson, Louisville Ky. with bold manuscript "Exd C.W.B. Allison Col Comdg" censor marking and "July 25 '62" in another hand; cover endorsed "Thos. Bronston Jr., Richmond Ky., a prisoner in Camp Chase", name repeated in pencil at top; some edge wear and light soiling. $400.
Thomas Springer Bronston (1827-1890) was a civilian political prisoner and prominent Democrat, held at Camp Chase for allegedly aiding the Confederacy; he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Kentucky and U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue after the war.