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Beers, Otis, fl. 1862 [Draft notice for Lemuel J. Beardsley for state militia]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08441.03 Author/Creator: Beers, Otis, fl. 1862 Place Written: Stratford, Connecticut Type: Document signed Date: 11 January 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 7.1 x 17.5 cm. Order a Copy

Notification that Beardsley has "been Drafted as a Member of the Active Militia of this State." Says the law gives him five days "to make your excuse to the Selectmen," in accordance with a law passed 3 July 1861. Signed by selectmen Otis Beers, S.P. Curtis and D.B. Booth.

Beers, Otis, fl. 1862

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