ALS, in pencil, signed “J. Longstreet,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 8.25 x 10.5, Office of Longstreet, Owen & Co. letterhead, March 1, 1867. Letter to Major T. K. Jackson. In part: “Your letter of the 21st of Jany was duly received...was delayed, under the hope that...might be able to make arrangements such as you suggest. The demands for money and supplies in other parts of the country have been so numerous and so injust that we can see no hope at present of making consignments of produce to you for the use of your neighbors. It seems to me a strange idea of yours and many others that your business should go to towns of the state. Business should flow through the natural and proper channels and must do so eventually. If your cotton or anything else pays you better when sold in Mobile than when it is sold in N.O. then you should send it to Mobile and sell it…By such a course you do more benefit to your state than you can by selling for a smaller price in your own state. It seems to me plain enough that you do the greatest good to the state when you so sell...the greatest amount of money into the State. And if you bring that greater amount into your own neighborhood you do still more good to the State and the community in which you live, which is better than to have the money in a different section. If after such a rule of this economy you find that you have more than you need there is but little doubt but your...will gladly receive such contributions as you may have no use for. Wife joins me in very kind salutations to your wife and yourself.” Intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, a couple of repairs to paper loss along right edge, slightly affecting a couple words of text, scattered soiling and spotting, and a few small holes, otherwise very good condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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