Court House, Smithville, North Carolina (Capture of Wilmington)
Title
Court House, Smithville, North Carolina (Capture of Wilmington)
Abstract
In Leslie's Illustrated March 18, 1865, p. 412.
Artist
Date
February 3, 1865
Transcription
Recto: different hand: "Used Feb 24."
Verso: "Court House, Smithville NC // Feb 3rd." Different hand: "Va [canceled] // [Signed] J.B. // One of the apartments in this building was used as a shoe store and the rest as court offices. Piles of public dockuments [sic; k canceled] were strewn over the floors some of them very old dating as far back the times of Washington."
Subject
Condition
Raggedness along margins.
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
6.75 x 4.75 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
35.4843031, -80.8706292999999
Source
Original drawing location: CW-JB-NC-2/3/65b (Box 3.)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4623
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-JB-NC-2/3/65b
Collection
Citation
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “Court House, Smithville, North Carolina (Capture of Wilmington),” The Becker Collection, accessed April 25, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2675.