Lot 370
Davis, Jefferson (1808-89) President of the Confederate States of America. Document Signed "Jeffn Davis" as President of the CSA, 1p, 9¾x7¾", Montgomery, Alabama, 21 Mar. 1861. Very good; a small area of paper erosion affects a couple of words in the text. Just over a month after he was inaugurated as President (18 Feb. 1861) and three weeks before the bombardment of Fort Sumter (12 April), Davis appoints a Northerner from New Jersey to raise a regiment of infantry! The original green wafer seal is to the right of Davis' signature. A remarkable and perhaps unique document.
"General Order No. 10" states in part: "…I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederated States of America, have made, constituted and appointed…Charles Parry of Cinnaminson, County of Burlington, State of New Jersey, a Colonel of Infantry in the service of the said Confederacy…to raise, arm and equip a regiment of infantry at the expense of the Confederated States, giving and granting unto the said colonel, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever, requisite and necessary to be done, according to the customary usages of war, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the said colonel shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue thereof…."
Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000.
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