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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09223 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | James Seddon to Governor Bonham responding to resolutions passed by the South Carolina General Assembly |
| Date | 16 October 1863 |
| Author | Seddon, James A. (James Alexander) (1815-1880) |
| Recipient | Bonham, Milledge Luke |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Responds to resolutions passed by the South Carolina General Assembly, which feels burdened by the Confederate government's taxation and impressment of slaves for military labor. "[I]t has been the studious effort of the Department to temper its execution by as much of leniency, discretion, and generality as was compatible with its due enforcement or the accumulation of adequate supplies essential to the army." With autograph endorsement signed by Bonham. |
| Subjects | Taxes or Taxation Confederate States of America Slavery African American History Military History |
| People | Bonham, Milledge Luke (1813-1890) Seddon, James Alexander (1815-1880) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; 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 |