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18 April 1865

Buckholden, H.H., fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucius F. Potter

One letter addressed to Lucius F. Potter from H.H. Buckholden, a claim agent from the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Notifies him that the Pension and Claim Agency had suspended their claim of Horace B. Potter's death while it is awaiting a testimony from officers in his regiment. He writes that the application was suspended due to a lack of proof of death.

GLC03523.38.91

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