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Letter of Application from M. C. Pannell. 31 January 1863. Manuscript.
Applications of ladies for clerkships on Virginia treasury notes, 1861–1864.
Auditor of Public Accounts. Administration of State Government: Public Debt–Treasury Notes.
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Applications of ladies for clerkships on Virginia treasury notes, 1861–1864. Auditor of Public Accounts. Administration of State Government: Public Debt–Treasury Notes. Entry 324. 4/E/37/2/5


J. M. Bennett Esqr
Auditor of Public Accounts

Respected Sir!

Miss Pannell presents her application to Mr. Bennett hoping to receive some employment in the State Department.
Miss Pannell’s case is one of stern necessity, she is a “refugee! From Norfolk, where she was a “Prisoner of War for 9 month’s, and as she has lost her “all” by this unholy war, she now seek’s assistance from the Southern Confederacy.
Miss Pannell is an Orphan, and entirely dependent on her own exertions.
Very respectfully
Yrs
M. C. Pannell



Richmond Va
31st Jany 1863