2020-01 Putnal
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SEDDON, James A. (1815-1880). Virginia politician, Confederate Secretary of War, November 20, 1862 -February 6, 1865. Autograph Document Signed "James A Seddon", one page, quarto, September 2, 1863, Richmond, Virginia. Penned on an official Confederate War Department letterhead, this document reads as follows: "J. Baumgarten Esq. is authorized and instructed to proceed to Europe, and there engage such machinery, necessary implements and material as may be requisite to make medals and badges of honor required by the Act of Congress to be distributed as rewards for valor among the officers and soldiers of the Confederate Army who have distinguished themselves by deeds of valor and skill. He will be furnished with a free passage to Bermuda, in one of the Government vessels, and there receive a small draft, say for one thousand or twelve hundred dollars, from Mr. Walker, the Agent of the Treasury and the Department, to defray his personal expenses, of which he will keep an account, to be hereafter returned to the proper auditing officers. An order will likewise be sent from the Ordnance Bureau, directing the financial Agent of the Department in Europe, to pay for the machinery &c. engaged, to an account not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000.) He is directed to make his trip as quickly as may comport with reasonable convenience and the accomplishment of the object, and, if practicable, to return before or by the 1st of January next.". Folds and light stains, else Fine condition.
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