CONFEDERATE ALS CAMP CHAFFIN'S FARM 1864 WM. MORRIS TO PHILIP ST GEORGE AMBLER

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"You will please allow me through this medium
to acknowledge the reception of the box of eatables -
you were so kind as to send me, I can assure you
it came in due (?) time, for which you will accept
my unfeigned thanks with my best wishes for
your future happiness & prosperity."
Morris, Willam A. to Philip St. Geo. Ambler.
Autograph Note Signed.
Camp Chaffin's Farm, [Virginia], April 21, 1864. Original manuscript note on ruled-paper measuring 9.75 inches by 7.75 inches, Approximately 76 words recorded in ink, signed "Wm. A. Morris" with flourish at the bottom of the page.
Condition:
Folded for mailing, lightly age toned & foxed, trace edge wear, otherwise Very Good.
Please see photos.
Camp Chaffin's Farm, near Petersburg, Virginia, was part of the Confederate fortifications in defense or Richmond & the site of a significant battle in September, 1864 costing 5000 lives.
Philip St. George Ambler (1806 - 1877), scion of a wealth & socially prominent family in Virginia, applied for a presidential pardon in 1865, avowing that he never participated in the Confederacy.
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