Title

Letter, Marcus Morton to Gideon Welles, September 28, 1863

Authors

Marcus Morton

Files

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten letter, dated September 28, 1863, is written from Marcus Morton to Gideon Welles, secretary of the Navy endorsing a young man named William Gray Hodges, Esq. for the position of paymaster. Morton describes Hodges as being a hard working young man from a respectable family with a young wife and children to support.

Publication Date

9-28-1863

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Correspondence; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW-PC-B1F5-9

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Peleg Clarke, Jr. papers, Papers Dated 1853 May-1861 May, Box 1, Folder 5

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Letter, Marcus Morton to Gideon Welles, September 28, 1863, Peleg Clarke, Jr. papers (FVW), The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana