Figures, Henry Stokes, 1844-1864 to Ma
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00653.01.01 Author/Creator: Figures, Henry Stokes, 1844-1864 Place Written: Montgomery, Alabama Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 10, 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope ; 21 x 26.2 cm. Order a Copy
One letter addressed to Hattie E. Figures from Henry S. Figures dated April 10, 1861. Provides updates of his health and wellbeing. Asks for his siblings to write. Mentions that the capital may be relocated to Huntsville. Figures writes that 5 of the 7 states have voted to move the Confederate capital to Huntsville, Alabama, and discusses briefly the appointments to the Confederate Congress. Also, at age 17 he expects as a clerk that he has earned $1000.
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