Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863 Paul J. Semmes archive regarding buying arms and military equipment [decimalized .01-.14]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00508 Author/Creator: Semmes, Paul Jones, 1815-1863 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: December 1860 - March 1861 Pagination: 14 items Order a Copy
14 copies of documents and letters, most in the hand of Paul J. Semmes about his efforts as agent to buy arms for the state of Georgia before the war. Contracts with Parrot for guns and DuPont for gunpowder.
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