The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], The impressment of Provisions.

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The impressment of Provisions.

--The City Council of Petersburg, Va., recently passed a resolution requesting the Secretary of War to exempt from impressment such articles of food as that city might desire to purchase for the benefit of its people. The following reply was received from the Secretary:

‘ The within resolution will be complied with cheerfully. All officers charged with the duty of impressment will abstain from impressing the supplies which may be purchased by the duly authorized agents of the corporation of Petersburg for the purposes specified. Reliance is placed on the municipal authorities not to allow abuse for speculative or other purposes than those mentioned of the privilege of exemption, and to afford such evidences of authority as may be readily recognized by the impressing officers.

J. A. Seddon, Sec. of War.

October 19th, 1863.

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The Daily Dispatch: October 23, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. October 23, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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