Letter
Judah P. Benjamin to Jefferson Davis, June 17, 1863
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, C. S. A.,
Richmond, June 17, 1863.
Sire: I have the honor to transmit herewith for your information an extract from a dispatch of the 21st March last, addressed to this department by J. A. Quinterro, esq., confidential agent of the Confederate States to Northeastern Mexico, relative to military affairs on that frontier.
A copy of the papers which accompanied Mr. Quinterro’s dispatch is also inclosed.*
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. P. BENJAMIN,
Secretary of State.
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Secretary of State.
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Editor's Notes
From: Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Louisiana, 1862–63, Pt. 1. Location: Richmond. Summary: J. P. Benjamin transmits to Jefferson Davis a confidential dispatch from agent J. A. Quinterro detailing military affairs on the Northeastern Mexico frontier during 1863.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 26, Part 1
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