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Blood, G. H., fl. 1865-1868 [Receipt for the purchase of a shovel and spade]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08649.06 Author/Creator: Blood, G. H., fl. 1865-1868 Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Printed document signed Date: 31 May 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 12.4 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

T. A. Walker, Captain in the 63rd U.S.C.T. and Superintendent of Freedmen, West Tennessee, pays $3.50 for the two items. G. H. Blood receipt, containing printed image of a stove surrounded by various pipes.

Blood, G. H., fl. 1865-1868

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