BRAGG BRAXTON Autograph Letter Signed as Commissioner of the

Sale 2276 - Lot 203

Price Realized: $ 210

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400

BRAGG, BRAXTON. Autograph Letter Signed, as Commissioner of the Board of State Works, to Edward G.W. Butler, reporting that there are insufficient funds available for State works in the parishes of St. Martin and Iberville. 2 pages, 4to, with integral blank, pale blue paper; minor bleed-through overall. With the original envelope, addressed in his hand. (AKF) Baton Rouge, 6 January 1860

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". . . I can . . . let you know the desperate position in which you are placed, and how you have been misled.
". . . The late Swamp Land Commissioner . . . . has drawn warrants . . . . [l]eaving a very small amount.
". . . Without means we could do nothing. And I may add that we find . . . all state works in the same condition.
"Suffering great pain from a carbuncle on my hand I can scarcely write at all, or I would not send you such a scrawl."