Summary:
Jefferson Davis responds to Major Michael G. Harman, commanding at Staunton, with permission to open a pony express line from Staunton to Monterey and Winchester. He also says he will attempt to meet General Henry R. Jackson's request for reinforcements.

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JULY 16, 1861.

Establish both pony expresses without delay. I will do all in my power to comply with Gen. Jackson's request. Send all reliable information to me.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 2, Serial No. 2, Pages 247, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.