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Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867 [Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to 1st Lieutenant in Company A of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03953.16 Author/Creator: Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867 Place Written: Concord, New Hampshire Type: Printed document signed Date: February 17, 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 30.7 cm, Width: 43 cm Order a Copy

Partially printed document signed by New Hampshire Governor Gilmore and Secretary of State Allen Tenney. Alfred Marland, Justice of the Peace, attests to Sarsons' taking of the oaths of allegience on 23 May 1865. With a red seal intact. Printed state seal on top section. Red pen with writing: "Duplicate" written across Gilmore and Tenney's signatures. Originally folded into eighths.

Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867
Tenney, Allen, fl. 1861-1865
Sarsons, Eleazer L.,1836-?

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