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John W. Fairfax Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-025
Abstract

The collection includes letters from a New Orleans stock broker, John W. Fairfax, to Confederate General James Longstreet. The first is a request for a recommendation for Lawson L. Davis, a conferate veteran who was applying for a paymastership in the Army. The second letter speaks of personal business matters and mentions Bradstreet's impaired vision and new marriage.

Dates: 1898 - 1902

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  • Names: Fairfax, John W. X
  • Names: Longstreet, James, 1821-1904 X
  • Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 X