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- Call number
- MssCol 3656
- Physical description
- .06 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Virginia tobacco claimants letter book, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
One letter book containing copies of petitions by several merchants of Virginia, dated May to June 1865. The petitions are addressed to U.S. military authorities, asking that certain quantities of tobacco, taken possession of by the U.S. Army on entering Richmond, be returned to them, with copies of affidavits, endorsements, etc. 131 pages
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328