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6 January 1864

Robertson, J.W., fl. 1850-1863

Letter signed

Title: to William L. Maury

Letter from the Confederate Treasury (Acting First Auditor) requesting documentation for money turned over to Major John de Bree, Paymaster.

GLC04572.12

January 20, 1864

Auger, Luis, fl. 1850-1863

Letter signed

Title: to William Lewis Maury

From the Confederate Treasury Comptroller indicating money due to Maury.

GLC04572.13

November 24, 1906

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

publication of letter describing his Boston trip; hopes it will "contribute toward eradicating old prejudices."

GLC03921.19

1906/12/07

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Cousin Alice's visit to Covington, Va.; speculation about the Robertson family (from San Francisco); work on his book Stuart's Calvary in the Gettysburg Campaign.

GLC03921.20

1907/06/04

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

Scathing response to reunion speeches, especially one minimizing slavery's role in the war. Includes brief account of the Southern defense of slavery prior to the war, noting that he did not approve of slavery; rather, it was inherited as an institution: "I am as not honored of having fought on the side of slavery --a soldier fights for his country --right or wrong-- he is not responsible for the political merits of the course he fights in. The South was my country." [transcript available.]

GLC03921.21

1907/10/09

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Typed letter signed

Title: to: Messrs. Moffat Yard & Co.

Defense of his book Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign, with enclosed copy of a reader's opinion of the book.

GLC03921.22

1908/08/02

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Typed letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Taft's upcoming speech to the Virginia Republicans; Maj. Swift's appointment as head of the Army War College.

GLC03921.23

1908/09/13

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

letter concerning "the 'true inwardness' of Gen. Lee's staff;" intentions to vote for Taft; Maj. Swift's review of his book for the Journal of the United States Cavalry Association.

GLC03921.24

1909/02/10

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

article about Lincoln in Cosmopolitan: "It is the best thing I have seen about Lincoln & confirms what I wrote you that Lincoln offered to the South compensation of their slaves when the Confederacy was in its last gasp & even then we rejected it."

GLC03921.25

1909/03/09

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Taft's Supreme Court appointees; dining with Col. Charles Francis Adams.

GLC03921.26

1909/10/04

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

people who were for and against secession; requests the return of letter from Judge McDowell.

GLC03921.27

1909/11/10

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

"correspondence & reports about burning & robbing cities in Vols.: 43 parts I & II- Shenandoah campaign". [Perhaps a reference to Official Records, published in 1908.]

GLC03921.28

1910/01/21

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

McDowell and an additional circuit court judge appointment for Virginia; misdated "Chambersburg letter" of Gen. Lee to Gen. Ewell.

GLC03921.29

1910/02/15

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

Defense of Stuart's absence at Gettysburg, prompted by a newspaper article; treason case against Jefferson Davis.

GLC03921.30

1910/04/12

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

Belief that Walter Taylor has prompted the recent articles about Gettysburg, in an attempt to clear his name at the expense of Lee; forwarding a letter from Allen Potts.

GLC03921.31