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Scrapbook Sold

   The 19th century scrapbook of a Confederate general's niece in Virginia has been sold at auction to a New York man.
 
     Henrietta Magruder Turner's leather-bound scrapbook includes a hand-drawn map of the 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg.
 
     Rick Stattler with Swann Auction Galleries tells The Free Lance-Star that the scrapbook was sold Tuesday for $4,400 to Kevin F. Kelly of New Palz, N.Y.
 
     Turner compiled the scrapbook from 1852 to 1875. She was a niece of Confederate Gen. John Bankhead Magruder.


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Topics : Human InterestWar_Conflict
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Locations : New PalzNew YorkVirginia
People : Henrietta Magruder TurnerJohn Bankhead MagruderKevin F. KellyRick Stattler




 
10/03/2012 9:57AM
Scrapbook Sold
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