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Letter - Confederate States of America Post Office Department, Appointment Bureau, Richmond, VA, July 9, 1863Letter - Confederate States of America Post Office Department, Appointment Bureau, Richmond, VA, July 9, 1863

An official letter from the Confederate States of America Post Office Department, Appointment Bureau, dated July 9, 1863, sent from Richmond, VA, to Solomon Cohen in Savannah, GA. The letter, signed by B.N. Clements, Chief of Appointment Bureau, discusses the stamping of newspapers, referring to existing law rather than providing new instructions. The item features an official letterhead for the "Confederate States of America. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, APPOINTMENT BUREAU." and is an ink letter on a single page of aged paper with visible fold lines and some staining. 3.