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.]