Seeking Protection For His Servant Nathan Wagon In An Autograph Letter Signed By Pierce June 6 1862

by Slavery Grenville H Pierce Louisiana

$375 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

4to. 2-pages, approximately 250 words, in part: “If Nathan is arrested on the charge of being in the Confederate service, I assure you it is a mistake. I simply performed an act of humanity in forwarding on their way to their homes four soldiers whose term of service had expired – who had refused to reenlist in the Confederate service, and whose age precluded their being forced into service. They were exhausted from want of food, from sickness, and anxious to get to their families. If the

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