Papers, 1790-1911.

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Papers, 1790-1911.

Legal and business correspondence and papers, and other items relating to Orr's activities as meat supply agent for the Confederate Army, his legal work for railroads, and his interest in the Southern racial problem and in colonization as a possible solution. Includes records of Orr as a commission merchant, mercantile accounts of Orr and Arthur Lee Rogers, and court records of Loudoun and Fauquier counties, Va.

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Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Rogers, Arthur Kenyon, 1868-1936

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Orr, John M.

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Lawyer, of Leesburg, Va. From the description of Papers, 1790-1911. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019468 ...