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Confederate Secretary of War Leroy P. Walker Letter Signed....
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Confederate Secretary of War Leroy P. Walker Letter Signed. "L. P. Walker." One page of a bifolium, 8" x 10", Montgomery; May 23, 1861. Walker writes to John J. Pettus, Governor of Mississippi, transmitting a copy of a dispatch from General Bragg (not present) discharging a soldier. Pettus had requested that "a young Private in Captain Gibbs Company" be discharged. Docketed on the verso: "L. P. Walker in relation to Wm. P Furr."Condition: Age toning, with flattened folds and creasing. There are four mounting tabs on the blank integral page. Verso has darker, uneven toning and with soiling and a few stray stains.
Provenance: From the Private Collection of a Mississippi Gentleman.
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2023 September 21 Historical Manuscripts Signature® Auction #6272 (go to Auction Home page)
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