Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)Jeff Felton, Graduate Intern, and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
Permission to publish material from H. St. George Offutt Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
The collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: H. St. George Offutt Letter, Ms2018-017, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The H. St. George Offutt Letter was purchased by Special Collections in November 2016.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the H. St. George Offutt Letter was completed in September, 2018.
The collection consists of a letter written by H. St. George Offutt, April 7, 1863 in Richmond, Virginia to the Postmaster of Marion, Virginia. The letter was written on official Confederate States of America Post-Office Department paper. The letter is a response to the postmaster in Marion, Virginia in reference to a M. McDaniel who was the mail carrier on a particular route. McDaniel was abandoning his position and Offutt authorized the postmaster to advertise to hire someone to replace McDaniel.