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Pickett, George Edward, 1825-1875 [Pickett's certification of a list of ordnance and ordnance stores]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02461.26 Author/Creator: Pickett, George Edward, 1825-1875 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: December 31, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 27.9 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Possibly created in Urbanna, Virginia. Colonel Pickett verifies an invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores he turned over to William C. Fleet, Captain of Company B, 55th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. Lists ordnance and ordnance stores. Includes what appears to be water damage, including a small hole, which has been repaired, in the center of the document.

Pickett, George Edward, 1825-1875
Fleet, William C., fl. 1861-1862

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