Lot 216
Davis, Jefferson. Document Signed ("Jefferson Davis"). One page, recto and verso, April 10, 1865. Being a solicitation to furnish supplies to Confederate troops in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, endorsed by General Howell Cobb and Davis on verso docket. Toning, minor separation at two horizontal folds, minor paper loss at margins. Good condition.
On February 20, 1865, a merchant in Macon, Georgia (signing as "C.A.L. Lamar" -- probably the notorious slaver and secessionist Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar) offers to supply "the country between the Savannah River on the Atlantic & the Apalachicola River on the Gulf…I want no advances from the Government, will demand cotton upon delivery of the goods…I have two of the fastest ships in the world, all ready to go immediately into the business" The verso of the letter reveals the declining fortunes of the South, in a note from General Howell Cobb: "…I am clearly and decidedly of opinions that we should obtain all the supplies which our cotton will get for us… should not hesitate to make such a contract with Mr. Lamar whom I know and whose ability to carry out his proposition I have no doubt about…" Davis, signing the day after Lee surrendered at Appomattox, writes "Col. Bapire [?] for consideration…Jefferson Davis/10 April 65".
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
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