Items related to the Confederate Congress' attempts to raise funds. [Decimalized .01-.03]

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GLC#
GLC00832
Type
Header Record
Date
1863
Title
Items related to the Confederate Congress' attempts to raise funds. [Decimalized .01-.03]
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
3 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Memminger, Christopher Gustavus, 1803-1888
Civil War
Military History
Confederate General or Leader
Confederate States of America
Finance
Economics
Banking
Coins and Currency
Cotton
Global History and US Foreign Policy

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Collection Item
Letter

to George A. Trenholm

May 20, 1863

Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888

Memminger, Secretary of the Confederate Treasury, requests the financial advice of Trenholm, Confederate agent in Europe. He reports a measure adopted by the Confederate Congress for "raising 250 millions by the issue of 20 year bonds, with Coupons...

GLC00832.01
Collection Item
Letter

to George Schley

June 24, 1863

Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888

Memminger, Secretary of the Confederate Treasury, discusses an attempt to raise funds for the Confederacy (refer to GLC00832.01) with Schley. He states that bonds in the form that Schley proposed cannot be issued, due to a recent act passed by the...

GLC00832.02
Collection Item
Manuscript document

An Act supplementary to "An Act to provide for the funding and further issue of Treasury notes."

30 April 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds "at a rate of six per centum per annum, payable at the pleasure of the owner in the currency in which interest is paid on the other bonds of the Confederate States, or in cotton of the quality...

GLC00832.03