Civil War "Safe Conduct" pass from the George Patten papers. University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Civil War era papers from the estate of George Patten of Ellenton, Florida. This page reads: I, Hanson P. Risley, agent for the purchase of products of insurrectionary States, on behalf of the government of the U. States, at Norfolk, Va, do hereby certify that I have agreed to purchase from Wilson, Gibson and Co., of New York, one hundred thousand (100,000) bales of cotton and other products specified in a contract made with said parties, having date December 27, 1864, to be brought out from the states of Georgia and Florida, which products it is represented are or will be at points on or within the national military lines in the States of Georgia and Florida, on or before the first day of May 1865, and which they stipulate shall be delivered to me, unless prevented from so doing, by the authority of the United States. I therefore request safe conduct for said Wilson, Gibson and Co. and Henry P. Livingston, their agent, and their means of transportation and said products from any point on or within the said national lines in the states aforsaid, without violating the blockade, to Fernandina, Florida, where the products so transported, are to be sold and delivered to me, under the stipulation referred to above, and pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. (s) H.A. Risley, Sup. Spec. Agt. for Dept. authorized to purchase products and etc. Civil War era papers from the estate of George Patten of Ellenton, Florida. This page reads: I, Hanson P. Risley, agent for the purchase of products of insurrectionary States, on behalf of the government of the U. States, at Norfolk, Va, do hereby certify that I have agreed to purchase from Wilson, Gibson and Co., of New York, one hundred thousand (100,000) bales of cotton and other products specified in a contract made with said parties, having date December 27, 1864, to be brought out from the states of Georgia and Florida, which products it is represented are or will be at points on or within the national military lines in the States of Georgia and Florida, on or before the first day of May 1865, and which they stipulate shall be delivered to me, unless prevented from so doing, by the authority of the United States. I therefore request safe conduct for said Wilson, Gibson and Co. and Henry P. Livingston, their agent, and their means of transportation and said products from any point on or within the said national lines in the states aforsaid, without violating the blockade, to Fernandina, Florida, where the products so transported, are to be sold and delivered to me, under the stipulation referred to above, and pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. (s) H.A. Risley, Sup. Spec. Agt. for Dept. authorized to purchase products and etc. United States Virginia--Norfolk County Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
Civil War "Safe Conduct" pass from the George Patten papers.
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Civil War era papers from the estate of George Patten of Ellenton, Florida. This page reads: I, Hanson P. Risley, agent for the purchase of products of insurrectionary States, on behalf of the government of the U. States, at Norfolk, Va, do hereby certify that I have agreed to purchase from Wilson, Gibson and Co., of New York, one hundred thousand (100,000) bales of cotton and other products specified in a contract made with said parties, having date December 27, 1864, to be brought out from the states of Georgia and Florida, which products it is represented are or will be at points on or within the national military lines in the States of Georgia and Florida, on or before the first day of May 1865, and which they stipulate shall be delivered to me, unless prevented from so doing, by the authority of the United States. I therefore request safe conduct for said Wilson, Gibson and Co. and Henry P. Livingston, their agent, and their means of transportation and said products from any point on or within the said national lines in the states aforsaid, without violating the blockade, to Fernandina, Florida, where the products so transported, are to be sold and delivered to me, under the stipulation referred to above, and pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. (s) H.A. Risley, Sup. Spec. Agt. for Dept. authorized to purchase products and etc.
Civil War era papers from the estate of George Patten of Ellenton, Florida. This page reads: I, Hanson P. Risley, agent for the purchase of products of insurrectionary States, on behalf of the government of the U. States, at Norfolk, Va, do hereby certify that I have agreed to purchase from Wilson, Gibson and Co., of New York, one hundred thousand (100,000) bales of cotton and other products specified in a contract made with said parties, having date December 27, 1864, to be brought out from the states of Georgia and Florida, which products it is represented are or will be at points on or within the national military lines in the States of Georgia and Florida, on or before the first day of May 1865, and which they stipulate shall be delivered to me, unless prevented from so doing, by the authority of the United States. I therefore request safe conduct for said Wilson, Gibson and Co. and Henry P. Livingston, their agent, and their means of transportation and said products from any point on or within the said national lines in the states aforsaid, without violating the blockade, to Fernandina, Florida, where the products so transported, are to be sold and delivered to me, under the stipulation referred to above, and pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. (s) H.A. Risley, Sup. Spec. Agt. for Dept. authorized to purchase products and etc.
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