Hanson A. Risley to John G. Nicolay, Friday, February 03, 1865 (Permit for Fergus Peniston)
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Title
Hanson A. Risley to John G. Nicolay, Friday, February 03, 1865 (Permit for Fergus Peniston)
Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects
Cotton
Description
Treasury agent Hanson Risley wrote to Lincoln's private secretary John G. Nicolay requesting a copy of Fergus Peniston's cotton permit. Risley was a key figure in the wartime cotton trade and was later called to testify before Congress regarding corruption in the permit system.
Creator
Hanson A. Risley
Source
Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division
Date
1865-02-03
Contributor
AB, PP
Rights
Public Domain
Format
gif/jpeg
Language
English
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Text
February 3. 05
My dear Sir
Mr Penniston of N.O. will call with an order in my hand writing signed by the President in relation to cotton. I have a copy but cannot find it. Will you do me the favor to have a copy made and send me
Yours [illegible]
HA Risley
Mr. Nicolay
My dear Sir
Mr Penniston of N.O. will call with an order in my hand writing signed by the President in relation to cotton. I have a copy but cannot find it. Will you do me the favor to have a copy made and send me
Yours [illegible]
HA Risley
Mr. Nicolay
Citation
Risley, Hanson A. Hanson A. Risley to John G. Nicolay, Friday, February 03, 1865 (Permit for Fergus Peniston). Letter. Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mal&fileName=mal2/432/4323900/malpage.db&recNum=0. Accessed December 17, 2016.
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Citation
Hanson A. Risley, “Hanson A. Risley to John G. Nicolay, Friday, February 03, 1865 (Permit for Fergus Peniston),” Creating Digital History @ NYU, accessed September 17, 2026, https://aphnyu.org/creatingdigitalhistory/fall2016/items/show/82.
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