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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07015 Author/Creator: Place Written: Lancaster, Pa. Type: Broadside Date: 16 October 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 55.8 cm, Width: 33.6 cm Order a Copy

Lists names, ages, occupations, home counties of 9th Congressional District, Pennsylvania for draftees who failed to report for duty. Offering $300 reward for arrest of "all delinquent men".

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