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Chilton, Robert Hall, 1816-1879 [Endorsement on verso of letter to Judah P. Benjamin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04210.01 Author/Creator: Chilton, Robert Hall, 1816-1879 Place Written: New Kent County, Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: February 18, 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Letter from John Slate to Benjamin, requesting that he be discharged due to ill health, with autograph endorsement signed by Chilton as assistant adjutant general on verso. Also with autograph endorsement signed by Vulosko Vaiden as Slate's commanding officer, verifying Slate's letter.

Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884
Chilton, Robert Hall, 1816-1879
Vaiden, Vulosko, 1836-?
Slater, John Saunders, 1826-1880

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