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Letter to J.T. Bourne from Smith Stansbury

Title

Letter to J.T. Bourne from Smith Stansbury

Description

Letter asking why the Advance is short of her load

Creator

Smith Stansbury

Source

Vandiver, Frank E., Edit., Confederate Blockade Running Through Bermuda 1861-1865. Letters and Cargo Manifests. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1947.

Date

August 12, 1863

Contributor

Swing, Matt

Type

Document

Original Format

Correspondence

Text

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 Confederate States a certain Amount of freight, I bed to know what portion of the enclosed list she can carry.

Smith Stansbury, Major

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Smith Stansbury, Letter to J.T. Bourne from Smith Stansbury, Civil War Era NC, accessed March 28, 2024, https://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/526.