Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 to George Washington Custis Lee

GLC02017

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GLC#
GLC02017
Type
Documents
Date
circa February 13, 1862
Author/Creator
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Title
to George Washington Custis Lee
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Autograph endorsement signed in pencil "J.D.", on address leaf of a letter from Weldon N. Edwards to Jefferson Davis dated 13 February 1862 from Raleigh, North Carolina. Edwards, writing as president of the North Carolina Secession Convention, sends resolutions (not included) from the convention. Davis's endorsement directs George Washington Custis Lee to acknowledge receipt of the convention resolutions (not included) sent by Edwards. With additional signed endorsement in pencil of George Washington Custis Lee, "ansd' G.W.C.Lee." Stamped "Examined for War Records" and "Copied."

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