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JACOB THOMPSON

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
JACOB THOMPSON
(1810 - 1885) Confederate politician who first warned of the planned relief of Fort Sumter, served under Beauregard and Pemberton, and later was sent by Davis to Canada to prepare subversive acts such as the St. Albans Raid and the burning of New York. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., [n.p., docketed on envelope Dec. 1858 during his term as Secretary of the Interior] to President James Buchanan, in part: "...I do not think Mr. Corning [?] has written anything about Mr. Granger. I remember him once speaking to me in relation to Mr. Granger. I do not think think he made the specific charge that he voted for, or supported his appointment. I send you two letters [not included] on file now...I know nothing of the writer of either letter...". With original envelope from the House of Representatives, very good condition.

Estimate: $100 - 150.

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