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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01896.063 |
| From Archive Folder | Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works |
| Title | James A. Seddon to Edward R. Archer permitting Archer to sail to Europe |
| Date | 26 September 1863 |
| Author | Seddon, James A. (James Alexander) (1815-1880) |
| Recipient | Archer, Edward R. |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Letter of transit written for Archer granting him permission to sail from any Confederate port to Europe. Written on official paper with "Confederate States of America, War Department" letterhead. Seddon was Confederate secretary of war. On the attached integral leaf is an autograph endorsement signed by William Henry Chase Whiting (1824-1865), a Confederate major general who, at the time, was in charge of keeping open the port of Wilmington, North Carolina. |
| Subjects | Global History and Civics Navy Government and Civics Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America |
| People | Seddon, James Alexander (1815-1880) Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Foreign Affairs |
| 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 |