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Yesterday to my great surprise as I was standing in the Store Room a finely dressed Military looking old gentleman, tho in citizen's clothes, with beard & moustache as white as snow, came walking across the back yard having driven in to the back gate…

Mr. J.T. Bourne.
My Dear Sir: Understanding that the "Advance" belonging to the State of N. Car. is about to leave this Port for Wilmington, N. Car. and that her Cargo is incomplete and further that she is under obligations to carry over for the…

Surg. S.P. Moore, Surgn. General, Richmond, Va. Sir: I arrived here on 8th July, and have since purchased under your Order of May 29th, 300 Case of Brandy of Mr. J.T. Bourne @ 35/case--£525-- 547 Gallons Brandy of Mr. J.W. Musson @ 16/per…

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…

Major Caleb Huse, London.

Major: The Confederate Steamer "Florida" and the "R.E. Lee" (Giraffe) have been detained here several days for want to Coal, and for which we have been compelled to send to Halifax.
Our Steamers which run the blockade,…

We went to bed last night congratulating ourselves that at length we had begun to taste some of the immunities of Free negroism. The negro contracts were all signed by them & witnessed & they seemed not only contented butthankfulfor them.…

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…

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…

William Graham’s argument on the admissions of evidence regarding the Ku Klux Klan is a pivotal motion for the Board of Managers charges. Mr. Graham argues that before any evidence of the Ku Klux Klan is admitted into the trial, there must be some…

Vance’s campaign and election matter because they highlight the role of racial fear in suppressing disaffection, in smoothing the tensions inherent in Confederate patriotism, and in keeping enlisted men committed to the war when the…