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Lot of 5. Includes: ALS, 3pp, Crawfordville, GA, 3 May 1859. To Mrs. B. Faxon thanking her for a present and allays her fears that an accident of mishap had prevented his reply to her letter. Stephens, of course, went on barely two years later to become the Vice President of the Confederacy, then after the war, Governor of Georgia. Partially printed document appointing John Ellis George Bruce Absalom Coyner and Joseph Morrison as Justices of the peace in Augusta Co., VA. To serve from 1860 to 1864. Signed by John Letcher, Governor of VA. Letcher continued in office as the Civil War Governor of that state. Rains, George W. (General) History of the Confederate Powder Works. An Address Delivered by Invitation Before the Confederate Survivors... April 26th, 1882. Newburgh (NY): The Newburgh Daily News Print, 1882. 8vo, printed paper wraps, textured to resemble wood, 29pp. Originals are scarce. McMurtry, R. Gerald. "Confederate General Ben Hardin Helm: Kentucky Brother In-Law of Abraham Lincoln. Address at Annual Meeting - Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, Madison, Feb. 12, 1958." Historical Bulletin No. 17, 1958. Small 4to, printed wraps, 18pp plus one page listing of other Bulletins. The Flags of the Confederate Armies Returned to the Men Who Bore Them by the United States Government. St. Louis: 1905. Small 4to, stiff pictorial wraps, pages not numbered (54pp). Map, illustrated in color. State-by-state guide to a colorful array of war-torn Confederate flags. Condition: Last with some chipping and toning along spine. Minor toning of top and spine of Helm booklet. Toning of endpapers in Confederate Powder Works (the fake wood paper appears to be highly acid). Toning along folds of Virginia document. Stephens letter excellent.