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United States War Department Appointment of Thomas Ward as cadet at West Point with instructions

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00778.01 Author/Creator: United States War Department Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 18 March 1859 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed on front by John Floyd as Secretary of War. Blue paper. With instructions for qualification for admissions, exercises and extract of regulations.

United States War Department

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