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Hatch, John Porter, 1822-1901 General Orders No. 62

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05037 Author/Creator: Hatch, John Porter, 1822-1901 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Autograph document signed Date: 24 June 1865 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24.7 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Marked as a "True Copy." Contracts between planters and freedmen: "any contact... which contains provisions tending to peonage, will be considered null."

Hatch, John Porter, 1822-1901

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