Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter: George H. Ellery to Thomas F. Mason, n.p., 1864 December 4
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSN/CW 5111-4
Scope and Contents
At the time of writing George S. Ellery was purchasing agent for the U.S. Cotton Agency at Memphis. Ellery enquires about the receipt of an earlier letter, and comments favorably on newly implemented War Department legislation that will curtail the corrupt interference of "newspaper political generals" with the cotton trade.
Dates:
1864 December 4