The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk
If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.
| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01448.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Letter to A. R. Lawton regarding agricultural matters [incomplete] |
| Date | 16 January 1865 |
| Recipient | Lawton, A.R. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by a member of the Jones family to Confederate Brigadier General and Quartermaster General Lawson. Says his brother-in-law Mr. Charles Moncine was expelled from his home near Rapidan Station, Culpepper County, Virginia and has recently rented a plantation in Cumberland County, Virginia. He cannot acquire hay to feed his horses and wants to know if he can exchange timothy grass for fodder with the quartermaster's department. Also says a Mrs. Thornton of Lexington, Kentucky wants to exchange 3500 pounds of fodder for a like amount of grass. Hopes the quartermaster's office can facilitate all these trades between Moncine, Thornton, and the government. Claims that Moncine has not overcharged the government in the past and is a gentleman deserving of good treatment. Written on letterhead of the President's Office of the Richmond, Frederick & Potomac R. R. Co. Paper has a watermark. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Women's History Finance Military Supplies Confederate General or Leader |
| People | Lawton, A.R. (fl. 1865) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Agriculture; Women in American History |
| 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 |