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Ballou, E.G., fl. 1865 to Rueben Morey Jr.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.18.58 Author/Creator: Ballou, E.G., fl. 1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 June 1865 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy

Written from Camp near Balls Cross Roads, Virginia. Receipt of payment for $45.00 for the sale of Morey's jacket, pants and vest, "the property of the late Capt. CC Morey," sold to D. C. Dunham. On the verso a brief biography of Captain Ballou is written by Captain [Proety] of Company B.

Morey, Charles Carroll, ?-1865
Ballou, E.G., fl. 1865

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