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Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863 to Joseph E. Brown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00508.06 Author/Creator: Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 25, 1860 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Semmes's retained copy. Writes to the Governor of Georgia enclosing a contract made with James T. Ames of Chicopee, Massachusetts (Ames Manufacturing) for cavalry equipment, postal pouches, haversacks, knapsacks & straps, Infantry equipment, carbine equipment, cavalry sabers, artillery sabers, and artillery saber belts and plates. With a pencil note signed PS stating he has had a cold since leaving Georgia. Written from the 5th Avenue Hotel, New York.

Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863
Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821-1894
Ames, James Tyler, 1810-1883

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