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Belcher, Augustus, fl. 1861-1880 Receipt of Captain Buyers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02016.100 Author/Creator: Belcher, Augustus, fl. 1861-1880 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 November 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Receipt for the purchase of six picks and three axes for ICompany, 58th Pennsylvania. Captain John Buyers was commissioned into I Company, 58th Pennsylvania Infantry on October 28, 1862 and resigned seven months later.

Cook, Charles, fl. 1840-1860
Belcher, Augustus, fl. 1861-1880

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