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1859 Letter to SF Mint from Howell Cobb (Founder of the Confederacy) (113621)

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1859 Letter to SF Mint from Howell Cobb (Founder of the Confederacy)  (113621)
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Two pp. letter sent September 28, 1859 from Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury, to Snyder, Treasurer of the San Francisco Mint. Howell Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851; he also served as the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851–1853) and as a Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857–1860), the job he is writing this letter while working. He is probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. William T. Sherman called him "one of the leading rebels of the South." Letter refers to an inquiry from the mint superintendent about expenses of the mint under appropriations. In Cobb's response, he seems to be cautioning the treasurer about how money has been used to pay wages for the officers and workmen. Just a year later, Cobb would join the secession movement. 7.5 x 9.5" Folds with a few tears.

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State: California
City: San Francisco
Provenance: Fred Holabird Collection