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Letters: August 15, 1863

1863,
Aug. 15

Bishop Polk, to Bishop Elliott, re: a letter in confidence about the
confederacy and his lack of confidence in President Davis, remarking that
he is proud, self reliant and stubborn; his confidence that "we have had
abundantly the means to defy the Yankees if they had been judiciously
used"; his belief that even now if the proper means were adopted and
pressed through the proper agencies a recovery could be made. More
details on the subject. 4pp.