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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02091 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Salmon P. Chase to Andrew Jamieson regarding export permits |
| Date | 22 August 1863 |
| Author | Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873) |
| Recipient | Jamieson, Andrew |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document |
| Content Description | Writes to Jamieson, the Collector at Alexandria, Virginia in reference to the transport of merchandise such as cotton and tobacco to the states in rebellion. Instructs that Jamieson will have to prepare a statement each month showing the number of permits granted to transport goods to the rebellious states, including any money received for these permits and the total value of the merchandise transported. Also orders that the same will apply to any money received from the sale of captured, seized, or abandoned property. Chase signs as Secretary of the Treasury. On Treasury Department stationery. |
| Subjects | Civil War Lincoln's Cabinet Taxes or Taxation Commerce Merchants and Trade Finance Economics Transportation Government and Civics Confederate States of America Cotton Tobacco and Smoking |
| People | Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873) Jamieson, Andrew (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics |
| 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 |