Raynors HCA 2015-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/21/2015
Four page letter, Hillsdale, NY, July 10, 1863. With the original transmittal cover with "checkerboard" cancellation. After noting an uneventful July 4th, the writer describes a celebration (likely over the good news at Gettysburg and Vicksburg) which went terribly wrong, in part: "We had a very sad accident here Tuesday night. We had some very good news and we thought it best to burn some powder over it, so we raised some money and bought a keg of powder and commenced firing the cannon and fired until between 12 & 1 o'clock and when the last gun was fired, George H. Holland was killed. They put in too heavy a charge and burst the cannon and a piece struck him on the head and he died in two hours & ten minutes....He stood in the door of the bar room looking out after it struck him. It struck over the bar and broke the boards....". Talk about bad luck!
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