Geography: Milledgeville
Associated Items

A one-page letter, approximately 7-1/2" x 9-3/4", dated October 8, 1848, from E. Waitzfelder & Co. in Milledgeville, Georgia to Jacob Mayer & Co. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letter details a complaint about a shortage of goods in a recent shipment and requests a credit adjustment.

Envelope with a franked signature of Emanuel Bernard Hart, a U.S. Congressman, addressed to Georgia Governor Howell Cobb in Milledgeville, Georgia, in 1851. Hart's signature as a Congressman is rare due to his short two-year tenure.