Beale, Richard Lee Tuberville, 1819-1893 to John Letcher
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02461.02 Author/Creator: Beale, Richard Lee Tuberville, 1819-1893 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 May 1861 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24.7 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy
Requests that Letcher, Governor of Virginia, authorize the ordnance department to purchase guns for use in Captain T.S. Garnett's company. Mentions Colonel Ruggles (possibly Daniel Ruggles). Also signed on verso is a note signed by secretary P.F. Howard, noting that council members John Allen, Francis H. Smith, M. F. Maury, Robert L. Montague, and T. S. Haymond advise that the purchase of guns be allowed. Signed 15 May 1861 by Letcher, who notes "advice disapproved."
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