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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC00508.06
From Archive Folder	Paul J. Semmes archive regarding buying arms and military equipment
Title	Paul Jones Semmes to Joseph E. Brown enclosing a contract for cavalry equipment
Date	25 December 1860
Author	Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863)
Recipient	Brown, Joseph E.
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Semmes's retained copy. Writes to the Governor of Georgia enclosing a contract made with James T. Ames of Chicopee, Massachusetts (Ames Manufacturing) for cavalry equipment, postal pouches, haversacks, knapsacks & straps, Infantry equipment, carbine equipment, cavalry sabres, artillery sabres, and artillery sabre belts and plates. With a pencil note signed PS stating he has had a cold since leaving Georgia. Written from the 5th Avenue Hotel, New York.
Subjects	Military History Civil War Military Supplies Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Contract Infantry Cavalry Weaponry Industry
People	Semmes, Paul Jones (1815-1863) Brown, Joseph Emerson (1821-1894) Ames, James Tyler (1810-1883)
Place written	New York, New York
Theme	The American Civil War; Industry
Sub-collection	Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information	Semmes was a Georgia banker and plantation owner who served as agent for the State of Georgia during the preparations for the Civil War. He served as colonel of the 2nd Georgia in the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the war and was promoted to brigadier general in March 1862. He was assigned to a brigade in McLaws' division of Longstreet's corps fighting in Crampton's Gap, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Salem Church, and Gettysburg, where he was mortally wounded.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide 5th Avenue New York 25 Dec. 1860 His Excellency Joseph E. Brown Governor of Georgia [illegible] Sir, Herewith enclosed your Excellency will find a contract made with James I. Ames Esq. of Chicopee Mass. for cavalry equipment, Postal pouches (to be [struck: worn] worn with Carbine or sabre equipment,) Haversacks, Knapsacks& straps, Infantry equipment, Carbine equipment, Cavalry sabres, artillery sabres, and artillery sabre belts& plates, to be paid for at the State Treasury, receipt& approval of same, & presentation of invoices, Bill of lading& Insurance policy or receipt-and to be inspected in Georgia under you Excellency's direction. [docket] have all been made except the 6-18 powder guns [illegible], & all preliminary equipments have been made for them with a Richmond V. family. I am Your Excellency's servant Paul J. Semmes Agl. I have been unwell, with a cold, most of the trip since I left Ga. PS Letter Gov. Brown-copy sent 25 Dec 1860 Can [illegible] equipments [illegible]

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