Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 to C.C. Memminger
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09252 Author/Creator: Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 August 1862 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy
Asking Confederate Secretary of the Treasury C. C. Memminger to find an appointment for "Mr. Caldwell of Fredericksburg…a respectable citizen," who has been discharged from the Army after being injured. Endorsed by R.M.T. Hunter and L. C. De Jarrette, both recommending appointment. Maury was America's foremost oceanographer and was commissioned into the Confederate States Navy as Chief of Harbor Defenses.
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