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DeSaussure, Wilmot Gibbes, 1822-1886 to Governor Francis W. Pickens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09205 Author/Creator: DeSaussure, Wilmot Gibbes, 1822-1886 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 October 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Detailed report from the secretary treasurer of South Carolina on finances, supplies, audits, etc. "...only Eighty three thousand dollars of accounts have been audited since I left Richmond. This delay is criminal..." With autograph endorsement signed by Pickens.

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