[ Autographs ] James A. Seddon 1815-1880 Confederate Secretary of War from 1862 until nearly the war's end when he sacked Johnston at Atlanta. A.L.S. 1p. 4to., [Richmond], Mar. 10, 1844 to Thomas Ellis: "..I have been requested to attend Chesterfield Court tomorrow to address the people, and if I A can dispatch some business now pressing on me, I shall probably do so... I shall want the papers anddocuments which you took a few days since... I shall therefore be pleased if you could let me have them this evening... " Possibly delivered by a slave, as the panel reads "By Harry'.