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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03826 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Pass permitting Virginia farmer Benjamin Hummer to bring crops into Washington |
| Date | 22 October 1864 |
| Author | Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Permits Benjamin Hummer, a farmer from Virginia, to bring his produce to Washington to sell. Also permits him to bring his family, and return with necessary goods. Written on stationery of the War Department. The envelope is an official Secretary of War envelope, also signed by Stanton. Noted at top as "Good for 80 days." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Government and Civics Lincoln's Cabinet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Washington, D.C. Children and Family Merchants and Trade Commerce Confederate States of America |
| People | Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) Hummer, Benjamin (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Agriculture; Children & Family; Merchants & Commerce; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |