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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 to Lorenzo Thomas

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02455.03 Author/Creator: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 November 1853 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Then Lieutenant Jefferson Davis writes to Assistant Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas to request permission to rejoin his company in Virginia instead of Florida. The first artillery had been transferred from Fort Myers, Florida, to Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, and would leave Florida before he could rejoin it.

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Thomas, Lorenzo, 1804-1875

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