Trimble, Isaac R. (1802-1888) to George Proctor Kane
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08883.01 Author/Creator: Trimble, Isaac R. (1802-1888) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 April 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13.5 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
Trimble, colonel of engineers in Virginia's forces (Confederate), discusses the delivery of arms and ammunition to George Proctor Kane, Marshal of Police in Baltimore, Maryland. Authorizes H. F. Alberte and Company to make the delivery. Claims he delivers the arms to Kane for safe-keeping "to deposit with the city, properly packed up- with Inventory of the same- to be taken to the City, if [the?] state determine to do so." Docketed in pencil. Contains two pieces of mounting tape.
Kane served as Marshal of Police in Baltimore, 1861 and Mayor of Baltimore 1877-78. Trimble served as a general in the Civil War.
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