1870's cover/ envelope with Stamp of the Nickerson House/ Hotel in Columbia South Carolina.  Cover is addressed to Dr. S.C. Furman, grandson of Richard Furman (namesake of Furman University).  S. C. Furman was a medical doctor and a lieutenant in the "Pelican Rifles," which was the first unit from DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, to enter the Civil War.  This cover was obtained from the estate of a descendent of Dr. Furman.