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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02469.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 |
| Title | George Davis to Benson John Lossing regarding the Seal of the Confederate States |
| Date | 26 March 1866 |
| Author | Davis, George (1820-1896) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Informs Lossing, "I answer to your inquiries in relation to the Seal of the Confederate States, I will state- that the seal was executed in England, in duplicate. One of them was sent over, and was received in Richmond in the last days before the evacuation. But the machinery for impressing it was not sent with it, and never arrived; and the seal was never used." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Literature and Language Arts Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America American Symbols and Seals Global History and Civics Government and Civics |
| People | Davis, George (1820-1896) Lossing, Benson John (1813-1891) |
| Place written | Wilmington, North Carolina |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Davis served in the provisional Confederate Congress 1861-1862, Confederate Senate 1862 to 1864, and as Attorney General of the Confederacy 1863-1865. He was held in a military prison in New York following the war, and was pardoned in 1866. Lossing was an editor, engraver, writer, and prolific American historian whose career spanned much of the 19th century. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |