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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06374 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Q.A. Crenshaw to James Alexander Seddon regarding the employment of a free African American man |
| Date | 14 March 1864 |
| Author | Crenshaw, O. A. (fl. 1845-1864) |
| Recipient | Seddon, James A. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Crenshaw, a surgeon, requests that Seddon allow James Bolling, a free African American from Charles City, Virginia, to remain in Crenshaw's employment as a fisherman. Informs Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War, that "Fish are necessary to the support of my remaining negroes most of the valuable ones having been ... taken by the enemy." Declares that "If all the free negro fisherman are taken for govt service, then the people in and around Richmond must suffer greatly for want of food." Includes several dockets dated March 1864. One docket indicates that Bolling's services are necessary to the public good. Fragile. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Confederate General or Leader African American History Slavery Union Forces Diet and Nutrition Freemen |
| People | Crenshaw, O. A. (fl. 1845-1864) Seddon, James Alexander (1815-1880) Bolling, James (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Merchants & Commerce; African Americans |
| 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 |