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Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895 to Zebulon Baird Vance

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02461.15 Author/Creator: Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 25, 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 12.9 cm Order a Copy

General Jordan thanks Vance, Governor of North Carolina, for a letter intercepted from a clerk on the U.S.S. Huron, off of the Charleston Harbor. Thanks Vance in the absence of General P.G.T. Beauregard. Written on Headquarters, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida stationery.

Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895
Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

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