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March 4 1865
To his excellency out most worthy Governor
Z. B. Vance
[to] [the] [amdenesided] to [end] the following heartfelt petition. whereas [anoter] son and the place of our [eyonrm] Fayetteville is threatened by the enemy is at present…

To your excellency Z. B. Vance Governor of the state of North Carolina
To do Hospitality make known to your excellency that we [apistice] in the expenses of the above named [tabnaut] and the expenses and that most Mary Woodward was fulfilling of…

Chapel Hill
March the 6th
My Darling.

You have consented to let one sunday pass without giving to me the accustomed salute. I have not been well at ease since Ed's letter was recieved. He said that you were very sorry. My Darling is it always…

John T Bourne--
My Dear SIr Please freight the "Banshee" as follows--490 Pigs Lead, 25 Tons, 400 Cases Austrian Rifles, 50 [tons], 400 Boxes Ammunition, 25 [tons] 100 [tons]. There will be sixty tons of lighter materials which I will select and…

John White, Esq., London

Dear Sir, --I have the pleasure to inform you of the safe arrival this day of the str. "Advance" from Wilmington.
The cargo consists of Five Hundred Bales of Cotton which I would suggest you insure against fire while now…

Fraser, Trenholm & Co. Liverpool

Dear Sirs:--Capt Hora having succeeded after some delay in obtaining a Wilmington Pilot, the "Thistle" left here yesterday for Wilmington with about 100 Tons of Freight. He put on shore to be sent to England by the…

Where Home used to be,
Apr. 12th 1865

Your precious letter, My dear Janie, was received night before last, and the pleasure it afforded me, and indeed the whole family, I leave for you to imagine, for it baffles words to express my thankfulness…

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Raleigh, September 5, 1864.

General R. E. LEE,

Army of Northern Virginia:

GENERAL: Your letter in relation to the defense of Wilmington has been received.* Every aid that I can render with…

Outpost or Camp, in the Field,
Near Jacksonville, Fla.,
March 6, 1864.

Mr. Editor: Actions and arduous duties since the 5th ult., the time of the sailing of the present expedition from Hilton Head, have caused the apparently studied silence on…

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CAPE FEAR, Wilmington, September 28, 1863.

Honorable JAMES A. SEDON, Secretary of War, Richmond:

SIR: I wish you would cause, if possible, one regiment at least to be sent here. I have, as you know, but one in the…