Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863 [Contract with Tredegar Iron Works]

GLC00503

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GLC#
GLC00503
Type
Documents
Date
December 27, 1860
Author/Creator
Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863
Title
[Contract with Tredegar Iron Works]
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm

Semmes's autograph retained copy, marked as a copy. Contract with Joseph R. Anderson, owner of Tredegar Iron Works, in preparation for war. Semmes was acting as agent for the State of Georgia. Orders six 18 pounder cannons, 1500 rounds of solid shot, 200 spherical case shot, and 100 canister shot. Stresses the need to provide this order without delay. Details the price Georgia will pay. Tredegar provided the Confederacy with almost a thousand cannons during the war and was the Confederacy's most valuable manufacturer. "... This contract made and entered into... by and between General Paul J. Semmes... and Joseph R. Anderson... hereby covenant and agree to fabricate furnish and deliver... six eighteen pounder cannon of the present Army pattern..." Anderson went on to serve as a Confederate brigadier general.

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