folded letter addressed to Richard Young in Fredericksburg, a civilian contractor supplying the American army with food and supplies, marked "Public Service" and "pr. Express, A Snead", upon arrival endorsed "Rec'd from Maj Claiborne 13 april 81", vertical file folds, otherwise very fine, Richard Claiborne was attached to Lafayette's army in Virginia in the lead to the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown