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Confederate States of America
Message to Congress March 15, 1861 (Powder Appropriation)

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, March 15, 1861.

Hon. Howell Cobb, President of the Congress.

Sir: I hereby transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, suggesting for the consideration of Congress an additional appropriation of one hundred and ten thousand dollars for the purchase of cannon powder and musket powder. Concurring in his belief that his former estimate was insufficient, the additional appropriation asked for is commended to the favorable consideration of the Congress.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Source: Richardson, James D. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy Including the Diplomatic Correspondence 1861-1865 Nashville : United States Publishing Company, 1905 USMARC Cataloging Record

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