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SUMMARY

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE

C. E. LeBlanc was a deputy of J. D. B. DeBow, chief agent of the Confederate government for the purchase of cotton.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The papers are comprised of a letter from Harry M. Isaacson in Selma, Ala., mentioning a bond and sending his regards to Mr. DeBow (April 16, 1864); a promissory note to Judge U.E. Goodwin signed by C.E. LeBlanc at Columbus, Miss., stating that a gold watch was left as collateral (January 13, 1865); an unsigned contract for the delivery of cotton (May 2, 1865); a letter by W.J. Barry to the Asst. Special Agent of the U.S. Treasury Department in Columbus, Miss., giving a report concerning goods received from the Confederate government and placed in Mr. Mullen’s store for sale (June 3, 1865); a statement of C.E. LeBlanc concerning the sale of certain property of the Confederate government and its subsequent seizure by a U.S. Treasury agent as captured property (July 3, 1865); and finally, a broadside announcing that J.D.B. DeBow will address the citizens of Columbus at the Court House (undated).

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