Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880 to Frank H. Alfriend

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GLC#
GLC05344.05.02-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
3 June 1867
Author/Creator
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
Title
to Frank H. Alfriend
Place Written
Richmond, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 24.9 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

[Former CSA Secretary of War] Answering Alfriend's request for information about Jefferson Davis for a biography. He relates some of Davis' career in U. S. politics (from 1845 - 1860), including his time in the House of Representatives and Senate, his service in the Mexican War, and as Secretary of War. He also tells Alfriend of a few written sources he might check but notes: "No other sources of information occur to me at this time, as I suppose the Archives of the Late Conf[ederate] Gov[ernmen]t would not be accessible to you."

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