Crenshaw, O. A. (fl. 1845-1864) to James Alexander Seddon
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06374 Author/Creator: Crenshaw, O. A. (fl. 1845-1864) Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 March 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23.3 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
Crenshaw, a surgeon, requests that Seddon allow James Bolling, a free African American from Charles City, Virginia, to remain in Crenshaw's employment as a fisherman. Informs Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War, that "Fish are necessary to the support of my remaining negroes most of the valuable ones having been ... taken by the enemy." Declares that "If all the free negro fisherman are taken for govt service, then the people in and around Richmond must suffer greatly for want of food." Includes several dockets dated March 1864. One docket indicates that Bolling's services are necessary to the public good. Fragile.
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