15 January 1863: “I recommend that an appropriation be made of the amount, and for the purpose specified.”

Item description: Message of President Jefferson Davis, dated 15 January 1863, transmitting reports from Confederate Secretary of Treasury C.G. Memminger and Postmaster General John H. Reagan.

[Scans courtesy of Internet Archive and Duke University Library. This item can also be found via the Rare Book Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.]

Item citation: “Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury. Statement of the Postmaster General.” Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury; Richmond: The Department, 1863. 1150 Conf., Rare Book Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Item transcription:

Message of the President

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Richmond, Va. January 15, 1863.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, covering certain estimates.

I recommend that an appropriation be made of the amount, and for the purpose specified.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

[Click here to read the entire report.]

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