Collection of letters from Confederate officials [Decimalized .01-.08]

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Eight autograph letters signed by notable figures in the Confederate Government.

GLC#
GLC03468
Type
Header Record
Date
1844-1880
Title
Collection of letters from Confederate officials [Decimalized .01-.08]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
8 items
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson
Confederate General or Leader
Confederate States of America

Showing 8 of 8 records

Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to T. Kelly & Son

7 March 1844

Clay, James Brown, 1817-1864

Writes regarding a debt for Mr. Marshall. With a newspaper account mocking Clay attached to a blank page of the letter. Account from the Lexington Journal, 24 October, 1862.

GLC03468.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Frederick P. Stanton

26 March 1857

Harris, Isham G., 1818-1897

Recommending James B. Ferguson for navy service.

GLC03468.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to G. M. Adams

8 December 1875

Hill, Benjamin H., 1823-1882

Recommending Mike L. Woods based on the recommendation of Thomas H. Watts. G. M. Adams may be George Madison Adams, 1837-1920, a Congressman from Kentucky. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03468.03
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Howell Cobb

8 April 1857

Hunter, R.M.T., 1809-1887

Regarding a recommendation for O.W. Edwards for a Treasury position. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03468.04
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Isaac Toucey

4 May 1857

Ould, Robert, 1820-1881

Recommending Joseph Mason for "a runner to a Court of Inquiry."

GLC03468.05
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to unknown

13 May 1880

Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905

Provides the address of A. M. Foote, whom he recommended for a position. Addressed to "Dear General."

GLC03468.06
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to unknown

12 March 1857

Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885

Recommending Mr. Cummings for pursership in the Navy. Bottom of page has an autograph note singed by John Appleton, also supporting Cummings. Letter may have been written to Appleton.

GLC03468.07
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Thomas J. Porter

1861-1862 circa

Walker, Leroy Pope, 1817-1884

Forwarding Porter a petition to the President, and wishes Porter would forward it to the President. The petition requests the exemption of Walker's overseer from military service. Most likely written while Walker was Secretary of State, between 17...

GLC03468.08