3 March 1863

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Printed document

Title: Communication from the Secretary of War…March 3, 1863. [Transmitted with:] Message of the President…March 4, 1863

stamp of record division

GLC06745.264

January 28, 1864

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Printed document

Title: Communication from the Secretary of War…January 28, 1864. Transmitted with Message of the President…January 30, 1864.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.268

January 28, 1864

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Printed document

Title: [Communication of the Secretary of War]…January 28, 1864. Transmitted with Message of the President…February 8,1864.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.269

February 4, 1864

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Printed document

Title: Communication of the Secretary of War…Feb. 4, 1864. Transmitted with Message of the President…February 12, 1864.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.270

14 November 1864

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Printed document

Title: Communication of the Secretary of War…November 14, 1864. Transmitted with Message of the President…November 15, 1864.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.272

6 December 1864

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Printed document

Title: Communication from Secretary of War…Dec. 6, 1864. Transmitted with Message of the President…Dec. 7, 1864.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.276

6 January 1865

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Printed document

Title: Communication of Secretary of War…January 6, 1865. [Transmitted with:] Message of the President…Jan. 6, 1865.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.279

13 December 1864

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Printed document

Title: Letter of Secretary of War…Dec. 13, 1864. [Transmitted with:] Message of the President…Dec. 15, 1864.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.286

3 June 1867

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frank H. Alfriend

[Former CSA Secretary of War] Answering Alfriend's request for information about Jefferson Davis for a biography. He relates some of Davis' career in U. S. politics (from 1845 - 1860), including his time in the House of Representatives and Senate, his service in the Mexican War, and as Secretary of War. He also tells Alfriend of a few written sources he might check but notes: "No other sources of information occur to me at this time, as I suppose the Archives of the Late Conf[ederate] Gov[ernmen]t would not be accessible to you."

GLC05344.05.02

30 May 1864

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Fendall Griffin

Response to Griffin's request for the release of two slaves impressed into Confederate service. Seddon denies the request on the grounds that Griffin has not provided enough details about the circumstances of the impressment, such as who impressed the slaves and under whose charge they currently served. Written on stationary of the War Department of the Confederate States of America. Seddon was the Confederate Secretary of War.

GLC08154

February 17, 1863

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Pamphlet

Title: Communication of the Secretary of War...February 17, 1863. [Transmitted with:] Message of the President...February 19, 1863

GLC06745.262

February 27, 1863

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Pamphlet

Title: Communication of the Secretary of War...February 27, 1863. [Transmitted with:] Message of the President...February 27, 1863

GLC06745.263

1864/02/17

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Letter signed

Title: to Jefferson Davis re: payment of interest due to Choctaw tribe by Virginia

GLC07799

1863/09/26

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Letter signed

Title: to Edward R. Archer

Letter of transit written for Archer granting him permission to sail from any Confederate port to Europe. Written on offical paper with "Confederate States of America, War Department" letterhead. Seddon was Confederate secretary of war. On the attached integral leaf is an autograph endorsement signed by William Henry Chase Whiting (1824-1865), a Confederate major general who, at the time, was in charge of keeping open the port of Wilmington, North Carolina.

GLC01896.063