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In this letter, Fergus Peniston, a Louisiana cotton merchant, requested permission from the executive branch to transport a substantial amount of cotton to market. He further petitioned President Lincoln for relief from certain taxes and to trade…

This letter to President Lincoln from former Congressman Samuel L. Casey was written on behalf of Fergus Peniston, a Louisiana cotton merchant seeking permission to transport his supplies to market. Support from politicians and friends of the…

State Department dispatch to William Seward from William Dayton, recounting Louis Napoleon III's desperation to procure cotton for France.

The New York Herald published the testimony of Confederate officer regarding the effects of the official cotton trade between the Union and the Confederacy. According to the transcript, the cotton trade directly prolonged the war by giving the…

This is a photograph of the present-day site where Fort Amsterdam formerly stood.

1918 Proclamation signed by John F. Hylan, the 96th Mayor of the City of the New York, declaring the punishment of any person caught destroying crops or entering gardens illegally with negative intentions.

Hand drawn poster from the National Child Welfare Association on 70 fifth Avenue in New York City depicting children tending to garden plots in front of a school building

This editorial, originally from the Providence Post but reprinted in the Columbian Register, discussed views on abolition in England. The correspondent asserted that the British care more for a stable cotton supply than the freedom of the slaves and…

News article reporting the closing of textile mills in Fall River, MA.

This report from the New York Herald examined the economic impact of the war on New England. While many factories shut down because of the cotton shortage, the article reported that textile workers were gainfully employed as newly enlisted soldiers…