Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919 to John Letcher
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02461.29 Author/Creator: Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919 Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 May 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23.5 x 18.2 cm. Order a Copy
Colonel Pryor writes to Letcher, Governor of Virginia. Recommends Colonel George C. Cabell (possibly George Craighead Cabell), for the position of paymaster for the Virginia forces. Of Cabell, Pryor writes, "He is a gentleman of the highest character... and is besides an officer of skill an experience."
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