J. Fair Hardin collection. J.W. Sims letter book, 1863-1864.

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J. Fair Hardin collection. J.W. Sims letter book, 1863-1864.

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Letter book contains outgoing official letters and orders pertaining to the appointment and instruction of agents to collect taxes-in-kind, procurement of forage, ordering and receipt of supplies, transportation difficulties and labor and provision shortages, and horses and mules delivered before the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. Additional letters pertain to Sims's military service. Correspondents include Major and Chief Quarter Master for the District of West Louisiana R. W. Sanders, L. W. O'Bannon, George Soule, S. K. Hayes, and George Tucker.

1 v.1 microfilm reel.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7161848

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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