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Letter from Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., to Andrew Johnson, 1863 April 2 : manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
104833
Accession number
MA 22395
Creator
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869, sender.
Display Date
Washington, D.C., 1863 April 2.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 24.9 x 19.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Brigadier General A. Johnson / Military Govenor of Tennessee."
Written on letterhead stationery printed "War Department / Washington City."
Summary
Authorizing Johnson, as military governor of Tennessee, to impose taxes, exact money from rebels to support wives and children, to exact funds from those who have assisted the rebels, and to confiscate property from those supporting the rebels during the Civil War.