1865 Letter from a Southerner Describing Legal Efforts to Repossess Property Being “unlawfully and improperly occupied” by “officers” after the Civil War.
Lyndon, [?]: October 31, 1865. Autograph letter signed, A. H. Rhodes, to “Charley.” Four pages measuring 5 x 8 inches. A revealing Reconstruction-era letter centered on the authority and reach of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and the contested recovery of property in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. Following a......