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[CIVIL WAR]. LONGSTREET, JAMES, 1821-1904, General, C.S.A.. Autograph letter signed ("James Longstreet") to Mrs. S.J. Lash, Macon, Mississippi, 5 September 1867. 1 page, 4to, faint mat burn at extreme edges, formerly tipped to another sheet.
Longstreet advises a lady-friend: "Your favor of the 9th Ult. has overtaken me on a trip in the interior. Here nothing is taken of save cotton, and I feel well assured that you can get more information upon that subject from the papers then from my limited observation. I must content myself therefore with an expression of great respect and kind salutations..."
After the Civil War, Longstreet became president of an insurance company, was a cotton factor in New Orleans and joined the Republican party.
Longstreet advises a lady-friend: "Your favor of the 9th Ult. has overtaken me on a trip in the interior. Here nothing is taken of save cotton, and I feel well assured that you can get more information upon that subject from the papers then from my limited observation. I must content myself therefore with an expression of great respect and kind salutations..."
After the Civil War, Longstreet became president of an insurance company, was a cotton factor in New Orleans and joined the Republican party.