At "Shirley" on the James River

Original Vintage Card

Price: $15.95

Stock #:

1030751

Type:

Postcard

Era:

Divided Back

City:

Charles City

State:

Virginia (VA)

County:

Charles City

Publisher:

Raphael Tuck & Sons

Postmark:

1904

Postmark City:

Richmond

Postmark State:

Stamp:

1 cent Franklin

Size:

3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Publisher's Series #:

2338

Recipient Address:

Miss Mollie McFadden
Harper Ferry, WV

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A view of "Shirley" manor house, a three-story brick structure with a hipped roof and two chimneys. The house features a two-story porch with columns and railings. Trees flank the house on both sides, and the lawn stretches out in front.

Handwritten message:
"Leaving for Conference at Petersburg tomorrow. Will have paper sent you - it looks like my return to Roanoke City. Till yet, my people are up in arms about my going - save for cash it is ok. Rob Harry"

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NERIEN 1902 UNITED STATES OF PARONO CARD. NOV 19 AT "SHIRLEY" ON THE AMESONVER "Shirley" is a typical manor house of the middle Colonial period, two and a half stories in height, with walls from three to four feet thick. It is the ancestral home of the Carters who still live there, and it antedates the other James River mansions, since the tomb of one ancestor gives the date of his death as Nov. 30, 1700, aged 63. There is a fine art gallery containing the portraits of Virginians from the first generation to the present. dister Monday maco I leave for conference Raphael Tuck & Sons' ART PUBLISHERS TO Post Card Series No 2388, "In Old Virginia. THEIR MAJESTIES KING AND QUEEN. 1700ANKLIN 1790 340 Harpers Ferry, at Petersbury tomona, Miss Mollie McFaden, I will have paper sent you. It looks like -41-looks my return to Asben, Cair- Tue yet, my Je cable are if in Arus absout- my going- have for wack each , do was Boo Hany Bermany West Va

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