1919 Southampton County Election Letter — Franklin Edwards, with 1924 Amarillo Check Payable to Fred Harvey

An interesting scrapbook grouping featuring a signed Virginia political letter and an early Texas bank check.

The principal document is a one-page typed letter dated August 6, 1919, written on Southampton County treasurer’s office stationery bearing the name Franklin Edwards, and signed “Franklin.”

Addressing his correspondent as “Billy,” the writer enthusiastically reports his election victory:

“I beat him 155 majority on the whole vote and in my home precinct and district 254 to his 25.”

The personal correspondence continues with plans for a New York trip, recollections of a Hotel Metropole photograph, and humorous comments about campaigning and local political conversation.

Mounted above the letter is a National Bank of Commerce check from Amarillo, Texas, dated October 25, 1924, payable to Fred Harvey for $3.40, with perforated bank cancellations. A partly concealed managing director’s card is also present.

Condition: Documents mounted on a heavily worn and brittle scrapbook backing with substantial edge losses and tears. Letter shows folds, small holes, minor staining, and edge wear. Check bears cancellation perforations. Reverses and mounting method have not been examined.

A period grouping with appeal to collectors of Virginia local politics, Texas banking, and American paper ephemera.