Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
William P. Preble of Portland wrote to Col. George F. Shepley, military governor of Louisiana, asking him to secure stamps for him from Nashville, Memphis, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Preble, a lawyer, was collecting stamps that various Southern cities issued in advance of the Confederacy selecting a stamp design.
He wrote that he had spoken about the stamps to Shepley, when he was visiting recently in Portland.
Preble also wrote that he recently gone to New York for the body of his nephew, 1st Lt. Robert Allen, who was shot at Mechanicsville and died in New York.
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About This Item
- Title: William P. Preble request for stamps, Portland, 1862
- Creator: William P. Preble
- Creation Date: 1862-08-12
- Subject Date: 1862
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Locations:
- New Orleans, LA
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Memphis, TN
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 24.5 cm x 19.2 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 117, Box 1/9
- Collection: George Foster Shepley papers
- Object Type: Text
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- Postage stamps
- Stamp collecting
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 12th (1861-1864)
- Military service--1860-1870
- United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
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