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Collection Reference Number GLC01896.040
From Archive Folder Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works 
Title Edward Archer to Isaac Toucey resigning
Date 27 September 1860
Author Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917)  
Recipient Archer, Edward R.  
Document Type Military document; Correspondence
Content Description Notification of having received from Toucey orders to report for duty in Philadelphia, and decision to decline promotion in order to resign from service. "...I respectfully decline it, having determined to engage in private business, I therefore tender you my resignation as 3rd Asst. Engr..." Marked "copy" in upper left corner.
Subjects Military History  Navy  Civil War  
People Toucey, Isaac (1796-1869)  Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917)  
Place written Richmond, Virginia
Theme Naval & Maritime; The American Civil War; Education
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
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