Circa 1849 – A mailing envelope sent by the University of Virginia to John Hartwell Cocke, progressive slave-owner and long-time member of its Board of Visitors who assisted Thomas Jefferson in the early development of the school
University of Virginia [Charlottesville, Virginia]: Circa 1849. The cover was sent to John Harwell Cocke at his famous Bremo Plantation in Fluvanna County from the University of Virginia and is noteworthy for the red strike of the school’s oval postmark with manuscript date and “10” rate mark. It is the..... More