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Mallory, Stephen R., 1813-1873 to Jefferson Davis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05019 Author/Creator: Mallory, Stephen R., 1813-1873 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Letter signed Date: 18 September 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Requests that the Treasury Department provide $30,000 in gold for expenses of the Navy Department, as previously discussed. WIth autograph endorsement signed by Jefferson Davis on the verso: "Secty of Treasury for attention, the purpose is known and approved I hope the aid asked for can be promptly given - Jeffn Davis." With Confederate twenty cent tax stamp. Mallory was Confederate Secretary of the Navy.

Mallory, Stephen Russell, 1813-1873
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

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