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Slidell, John, 1793-1871 [Receipt for fifteen hundred dollars to John Slidell]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03006 Author/Creator: Slidell, John, 1793-1871 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 27 September 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 7 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed document acknowledging receipt of $1,500, for use as "Commissioner of the Confederate States to France." Money received from William J. Bromwell, the "Disbursing Clerk of the Department of State."

Slidell, John, 1793-1871

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