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Anderson, Joseph Reid, 1813-1892 [Recommendation for E.R. Archer]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.058 Author/Creator: Anderson, Joseph Reid, 1813-1892 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1863/08/25 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 26 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Recommendation and certification of Archer's qualifications as a machinist written by J. R. Anderson, owner of the Tredegar works [on Tredegar Iron Works letterhead]. Pencil notation on verso: "letter of J R Anderson & Co Certifying my qualifications as Eng. [illegible] for Vol Navy". Anderson, a Confederate Brigadier General, resigned his position in 1862 to serve in ordinance.

Anderson, Joseph Reid, 1813-1892
Archer, Edward Richard, 1834-1918

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