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- GLC#
- GLC02723
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 29, 1863
- Author/Creator
- Coghill, Robert A., fl. 1860-1876
- Title
- to R. M. T. Hunter
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Coghill asks Hunter if he can obtain a passport for Robert L. Cobbs, now living in Canada, to return to Virginia. "... Permit me to introduce to you Mr Ro L Cobbs, of Canada, formerly of Nelson County, Va., where he resided for many years. He is a gentleman of character, and most respectably connected in the counties of Amherst, Nelson and Bedford being the grandson of David S. Garland Esq, decd, well Known to you. He desires to obtain a passport to return to his residence and I respectfully commend his care to you ...".Autograph endorsement signed by Hunter at bottom, in support of Cobbs.
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