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Auction 739 April.

Boston
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Lot 361

Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens

Opening: $200

Estimate: $600 - $800

Desirable pairing of autographs from the president and vice president of the Confederate States of America: an ink signature, "Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Missi.," on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 card, mounted, double-matted, and framed with an engraving to an overall size of 9.5 x 15; and a hand-addressed free frank, 5.5 x 3.25, addressed by Alexander Stephens to "Linton Stephens, Crawfordsville, Ga," franked in the upper right corner, "A. H. Stephens," corner-mounted, matted, and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 11.25 x 16.25. In overall fine condition, with soiling to the Stephens envelope.