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Pleasonton, Alfred J., 1824-1897 to L. S. Perley

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02607 Author/Creator: Pleasonton, Alfred J., 1824-1897 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 12, 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Major General Pleasanton transmits his autograph with a letter taken from a Confederate post office to Perley, Chairman of the Autograph Committee of the Soldier's Aid Society of Northern Ohio, for a benefit fair. Informs Perley that "It always gives me great pleasure to render any assistance to the Sanitary Commission, as the important benefits conferred by that institution upon our Armies in the field, have alleviated much of the misery, hardship, and suffering, to which our noble & gallant soldiers have been exposed."

Perley, L. S., fl. 1864
Pleasanton, A. J. (Alfred J.), 1824-1897

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