846. JAMES A. SEDDON (1815-1880) Confederate Secretary of War from 1862 until February 1865, when he was sacked because of his removal of Johnston at Atlanta. Scarce war-date A.L.S. "James A. Seddon", 1p. 8vo., Salat Hill[?], Nov. 12, 1861 to Walter D. Blair in Richmond and carried by slave "Malvina", in part: "...Mrs. Seddon...[asks] to send her by the first convenient opportunity forty pounds of common Brown Sugar..." Light show through, else very good. $200-300