Letters of recommendation for Richard Griffith relating to his effort to secure appointment as U.S. Marshall of Mississippi.

by Samuel S. Boyd, James Whitfield

$850 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Natchez, Vicksburg, and other locales, 1853. 5 autograph letters, 8vo 10” x 8” . 7 pp. 1 letter docketed on verso. 4 letters with original envelopes. Five letters, all written in 1853, supporting future Confederate Brig-Gen. Richard Griffith’s successful effort to be appointed U.S. Marshall of Mississippi, including some Mexican War and Jefferson Davis content.A native of

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