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Hatch, J.H. (fl. 1861) to John T. Pickett

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03587.38 Author/Creator: Hatch, J.H. (fl. 1861) Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 November 1861 Pagination: 3 p. : clipping : envelope ; 25.5 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the secession of the South and the movement of the Union Army into Savannah and Charleston. Reports on the South's success at Leesburg and at Columbus, Kentucky. Includes personal news. Affixed clippings pertain to the arrest of Confederate States Ministers Slidell and Mason aboard a British mail ship, the re-capture of the Steamer Sumter, and the success of the agent for the Confederate States in Mexico. Envelope included does not seem to have originally held this letter.

Pickett was the U.S. Consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Pickett, John T. (John Thomas), 1822-1884
Hatch, J.H., fl. 1861
Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871
Slidell, John, 1793-1871

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