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- GLC#
- GLC03587.39-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 19, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Roe, fl. 1862
- Title
- to John Cripps
- Place Written
- Vera Cruz, Mexico
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 26.3 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Agent of the Confederate States in Mexico writes to fulfill a request for a blank privateer's commission. Encloses a blank commission form, the act allowing him to do so, a copy of the President's "Instructions to Private Armed Vessels," and the Form of the Bond (not included). Includes a quote from the President on the bestowing of commissions and reminds Cripps of the seriousness of the situation. Adds a list of items he needs to receive with regard to the register of commissions.
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