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1888 POCAHONTAS VA COAL MINE Pocahontas Coalfield TIDEWATER COAL AGENTS LETTER

$ 19.8

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Condition: Folded for mailing; in original stamped envelope, cancel date 1888.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    1888 POCAHONTAS VIRGINIA COAL COMPANY AGENTS' LETTER
    Printed letter, from the Boston merchants, "Caster & Curran, General Tide Water Coal Agents, Pocahontas Coal Company. Single sheet, measuring 10.5 x 8 inches, printed on one side. Folded for mailing, in original envelope, posted and canceled (1888). Mailed to a noted Florence, MA businessman, H. K. Parsons, Esq.
    Pocahontas Coalfield, which is also known as the Flat Top-Pocahontas Coalfield, is located in Mercer County/McDowell County, West Virginia and Tazewell County, Virginia. The earliest mining of coal in the coalfield was in Pocahontas, Virginia in 1883 at Pocahontas Mine No. 1, now on the National Register of Historic Places.
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