National Museum of African American History and Culture
Circular letter requisitioning enslaved men for defence of the Confederacy
William Smith, American, 1797 - 1887 · 1864
A circular with letters from William Smith, Governor of Virginia, and George W. Munford, Secretary of the Commonwealth, to County Courts throughout Virginia. The document consists of printed black text on a single sheet of paper, folded to form four pages and then folded again into thirds.
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