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[$100,000 receipt to Thomas W. Brent]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03079.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: Louisiana Type: Document signed Date: 12 October 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.6 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Notice of receipt for Confederate Naval Officer Thomas W. Brent for "the sum of one hundred thousand dollars on account of Navy department." Signed by the assistant pay master of Navy.

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