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Unknown to Captain John Buyers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02016.132 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 2 February 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that Buyers is able to make out certified invoices and use them as vouchers to his returns. Signed by order of George T. [Balckl], Captain of Ordinance.

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