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Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874 [Naval pass]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02463.04 Author/Creator: Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 18 November 1874 Pagination: 2 p. ; 7.2 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Issued from the Navy Yard. Pass for one ton of coal, private property of R. T. Hieston. Cushing signs as commander, one month before his death. Two names appear on verso (possibly signatures): John P. Cahill, watchman, and John O'Neill.

Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874
Hieston, R. T., fl. 1874
Cahill, John P., fl. 1874
O'Neill, John, fl. 1874

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