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Since it may get lost in the stack, don't lose track of that cover with the return address of "The Carrollton" in Baltimore, MD:  I'm fascinated by those old hotels. This one, in particular, was lost in the great Baltimore fire of 1904, but this is what it looked like back in the time the cover was postmarked:  Quote:
The Carrollton replaced the Revolutionary War-era Fountain Inn, demolished in 1871. In the great fire of 1904, the six-story hotel was destroyed. Later the Southern Hotel occupied the site; it was demolished in 2000 for the One Light Street tower development.
Light Street at corner of Redwood (formerly German Street)
Baltimore, Maryland. ...and it's ruins following the 1904 fire:  Quote:
Photograph taken looking north at the ruins of the Carrollton Hotel, also known as the New Carrollton Hotel (right), located on the northeast corner of Light and German Streets. Built by Niernsee and Neilson in 1873, the six-story building was destroyed in the fire. |
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I was just looking at this one when I decided to check this thread..neat how that particular one popped up in conversation right now! Again, thank you and I assure you that nothing gets lost in my "stacks" wt1. I don't have a huge horde like most do, just a binder or two with the stuff that I find most fascinating is all. It will hold a place of honor in my cover binder along with the treasure trove of information that you have thoughtfully provided about it.
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I wonder what the Carthage Moore Co. was? Anyone know? |
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Oh! Carthage, Moore County. not company! Cool now I know. Also, I think that W.C. Wilcox may be actually W.P. Wilcox or perhaps a son of William Penn Wilcox? - http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/w/Wi..._Family.html Quote:
The Willcox family of North Carolina and Mississippi included William Penn Willcox (1825-1883), a physician in Carthage, Moore County, N.C., and Jesse Womble Willcox (b. 1879), who attended the University of North Carolina and was a physician in North Carolina and superintendent at several sanitoria, including the North Carolina State Sanitorium, 1911-1912. The collection consists of letters, deeds, receipts, autograph albums, a tintype, and other papers of the Willcox family. Letters are dated 1852-1933, most of them addressed to William P. Willcox in North Carolina during the 1850s. Topics include the health of friends and family, politics and the railroad, farming, cotton, teaching, and slaves. Later letters concern hiring hands in North Carolina for planters in Louisiana, estate settlement, and personal financial matters. Deeds are dated 1868-1936. The two earliest are from Lafayette County, Miss. The rest are from North Carolina, five from Moore County, N.C., 1921-1936. Other papers include a 1920 United States Army discharge for Jesse W. Willcox; a 1957 newspaper clipping about him; three sheets of handwritten Willcox family genealogy; a 1903 students handbook from the University of North Carolina that Jesse W. Willcox used as a cash account book; an autograph album, 1884-1886, belonging to Mary Vincent, a teacher in Tennessee; an autograph book, 1928-1929, belonging Patricia Alvinne Louise Willcox, with autographs collected in Custer, S.D., where she went to high school; and a tintype of Mary Alvin Vincent Ashburn (1861-1938). |
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perhaps a son of William Penn Wilcox I think you got it! According to the 1880 Census, William P. Willcox (note the two "l's" in the name), was a physician. His son, William C. Willcox, was a farmer, residing at the same address, along with his wife, Virginia B. Willcox and stepson, Jesse W. Willcox, according to this excerpt:  (I believe the reference to Jesse being a step "grand"son is due to his relationship to Dr. William P. Willcox, which according to the Census, would have been the head of household.) Of course, Dr. William P. Willcox was deceased by the time the cover shown was mailed, but the genealogical facts fit in with the biographical information at the link provided in the last post that reads, in part: Quote:
William P. and Ann Willcox had a son, William Cyrus Willcox (1855-1932), who married Virginia B. Waddell (1856-1933). Jesse Womble Willcox was the son of William C. and Virginia Willcox.
Jesse W. Willcox was born on 20 September 1879 in Carthage, N.C. He received a Ph.B. degree in 1903 and an M.D. degree in 1906 from the University of North Carolina. He married Meta Vestal Watson in 1907. He practiced medicine in Carthage, 1906-1911, and was resident physician and acting superintendent of the North Carolina State Sanitorium, 1911-1912. He was a physician at Laurel Hill, 1912-1918 and 1920-1922; first lieutenant, United States Medical Corps, 1918-1920; passed assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service, 1922-1923; and medical director of the Pine Breeze Sanitorium in Chattanooga, Tenn., beginning in 1924. He was superintendent of the Glenridge Sanitorium in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1933. |
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| Edited by wt1 - 06/04/2012 10:01 pm |
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Here is the rivet cover. I just received it a few minutes ago so as I promised here is a proper scan @ 1200dpi.  |
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Although it doesn't say so, the Rivet cover must have been Registered, due to the supplemental 8 cents in postage. Mr. Meeks is apparently writing to his wife. |
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Those are some amazing covers, ILS. Glad you bumped this one. Don't know how I missed it first time around. Must have had my head buried somewhere last May/June. |
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Don't know if anyone mentioned it, but the very first cover seems to be Registered, according to its postage, but no indication on the cover itself. The handwritten numbers at upper center "might" be the registration number. |
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Mr. Doug2222 said: Quote:
Don't know if anyone mentioned it, but the very first cover seems to be Registered, according to its postage, but no indication on the cover itself. The handwritten numbers at upper center "might" be the registration number. I'll have to look doug2222. I just now seen your reply! |
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Glad to see this thread again. Jeff you have some amazing covers, and I know you've gotten a lot more in the last year.
Got me wondering. What do you do with them? I've been putting mine in binders mounted on pages I've printed with what ever info I can dig up.
Do you do that too or do they live organized in a velvet lined box?
Really, I want to know. |
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James, I put them in vario sheets with all the information I can round up and place those in one of my lighthouse binders. |
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James, This may be a stupid question, but how does one mount a cover on a page? I know that I've had to remove hinges from older covers and such, but I didn't know if that was the only way to do it or not? I despise those little "corner triangle things" because they most often just discolor and completely ruin everything that they ever came in contact with-including photos for which they was designed! Maybe crystal mounts got their formulation from them...ha-ha! |
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