ALS, 1862 September 13 : Richmond, VA, to Jefferson Davis.

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ALS, 1862 September 13 : Richmond, VA, to Jefferson Davis.

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Memminger, Confederate Treasury Secretary writes to Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy concerning financial matters. The letter denotes the South's difficulties in securing foreign exchange, the problems posed by the Union blackade and above all, the widespread Confederate hope that cotton could be used to pay the expenses of government and war.

3 p. ; 24.5 x 20.25 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888

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South Carolina legislator and Confederate Secretary of the Treasury; from Charleston, S.C. From the description of Papers, 1861-1878. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20030153 Lawyer and politician of Charleston, S.C.; member of: S.C. House, 1836-1852, 1855-1860, 1877; Secession convention, 1861; Board of Free School Commissioners of Charleston; drafter of Confederate constitution; Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-1864; President of the Etiwan Phospa...

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...