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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 [Check signed by Charles Sumner]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02095.33 Author/Creator: Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Ephemera Date: January 16, 1873 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 7.8 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Check for $354.51 payable to Mr. Elliott C. Cowdin from the First National Bank, Washington, D.C. Signed by Sumner. Endorsed on verso. With US inter-revenue stamp.

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Cowdin, Elliot Christopher, 1819-1880

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