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Poe, Orlando Metcalfe, 1832-1895 to William McCrary

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03476.13 Author/Creator: Poe, Orlando Metcalfe, 1832-1895 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 August 1874 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes to say that he "expects to accompany Genl. Sherman to the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland." Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

Poe, Orlando Metcalf, 1832-1895
McCrary, William, fl. 1874

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