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Autograph letter signed

to Howell Cobb

8 April 1857

Hunter, R.M.T., 1809-1887

Regarding a recommendation for O.W. Edwards for a Treasury position. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03468.04
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Manuscript document signed

[Appointment of James M. Mason as Confederate Special Commissioner to England]

23 September 1861

Hunter, R.M.T., 1809-1887

Credentials appointing James M. Mason Confederate Special Commissioner to England. Signed by Hunter as Secretary of State. Partly printed document, in calligraphic hand with blind stamp of the Confederate States of America, Department of State. The...

GLC04448
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Autograph letter signed

to Maria Woolston

11 May 1865

Woolston, Charles, fl. 1864-1865

Reports to his mother that they have marching for miles and miles to Essex County, Virginia in order to get to the house of Virginia Senator Robert Mercer T. Hunter, whom they captured. He called Hunter, "a big dark complected man and said to been...

GLC03523.26.09
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Autograph letter signed

to John Letcher

5 May 1861

Hunter, R.M.T., 1809-1887

Hunter writes to Letcher, Governor of Virginia. Relates that John Preston, son of Colonel John M. Preston, hopes to obtain a commission in the Army of Virginia. Writes, "Virginia is the nation state of his father & he wishes to retire to it- He is...

GLC02469.08
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Autograph letter signed

to Pierre G.T. Beauregard

October 27, 1861

Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885

Written from camp near Centreville, Virginia. General Toombs, former Secretary of State (February-July 1861), writes to Beauregard, commander of the Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. Discusses General Walker. He relates, "I will...

GLC02469.27

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