Augustus K. Wright[i] to Howell Cobb.
Augusta, Ga., Feby. 1st, 1861.
Dear Sir: Suffer me to presume upon a casual acquaintance many years ago and the intimacy that for many years existed between our fathers to ask for letters to such gentlemen of your acquaintance in the State of Maryland and at Washington as may be useful or important to me in the mission upon which our State convention has sent me. I would be highly gratified also to have your views as to the best line of argument or policy to be pursued by me to bring about the cordial cooperation of Maryland in our new Government. Should I go at once and lay before Gov. Hicks our ordinance etc., or do you think it best for me to wait a few days to ascertain whether the legislature will be convened or a convention called?
[i] Commissioner from Georgia to Maryland, 1861 ; Member of the Confederate Congress from Georgia.
From Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1911.