quarto, 3 pages, plus stamp less address leaf, tear in blank margin of second leaf of letter sheet, due to careless opening, not affecting any text, otherwise in very good, clean, legible condition. more >
quarto, one page of a four page bi-folium, formerly folded, remains of sealing wax, free franked by Smith on integral address leaf, in very good, clean condition. more >
folio, 3 ½ pages, paper a bit tanned, some minor staining, postal markings on integral address leaf, inscribed neatly in ink, very good condition. more >
small quarto, 73 manuscript pages, plus blanks, bound in contemporary ¼ leather and marbled paper covered boards, binding, worn, rubbed and scuffed, entries are written in ink, in a legible hand. more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub