Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
Letter Signed, “J(osiah) Gorgas”, on Confederate States of America, War Department, Ordance Office letterhead, Richmond, July 21, 1861, 1pg. In large part, “I have received your Letter of the 17” inst, and in reply would say that you may ratify the contract with Harris & Thrasher at $4.75. They must be cautioned however as to the quality of the articles furnished. The sample they exhibited here was the very best we had seen and made me anxious to get accoutrements of them. I think the Shoulder belts cost us here from 70 to 75 cents. It is necessary for us to have some sets separate from the Knapsacks as most troops arrive with Knapsacks. You may extend your contracts in Georgia if you can do so, on favorable terms, to One hundred thousand sets, including Knapsacks, to be delivered within six months.”
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