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Topping & Freeman, fl. 1863 to Lawrence Dooly

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03619.02.09 Author/Creator: Topping & Freeman, fl. 1863 Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 January 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Sends $71.34 (not included) and Dooly's military discharge to him in Athens, Ohio. Sent on stationery of the "General Military Collecting Agency." Dooly was a sergeant in the 63rd Ohio Infantry.

Topping & Freeman, fl. 1863
Dooly, Lawrence, fl. 1863

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