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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08633 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Edward Carrington Elmore to George H. Poindexter discussing the activities of a teller in the Treasury |
| Date | 30 August 1864 |
| Author | Elmore, Edward Carrington (fl. 1861-1865) |
| Recipient | Poindexter, George H. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Elmore, Confederate Treasurer, discusses the activities of G. W. Butler, a late Teller in the Treasury. Informs Poindexter, a Lieutenant and Enlistment Officer, that Treasury clerks have had little time to work on Butler's accounts. States that several million Treasury notes related to these accounts are held in Columbia, South Carolina, and have been shipped to Richmond based on the request of George Alfred Trenholm, Confederate Secretary of the Treasury. States that due to the busy condition of the Treasury, he can offer no estimate regarding the settlement of Butler's accounts. Contains several areas of discoloration, possibly due to tape, and a sticker on the top of page two. Written on Treasury of the Confederate States stationery. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader Government and Civics Finance |
| People | Elmore, Edward Carrington (fl. 1861-1865) Poindexter, George H. fl. 1864) Butler, G. W. (fl. 1862-1864) Trenholm, G. A. (1806-1876) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |