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United States War Department to Major Philip R. Ward

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00778.21 Author/Creator: United States War Department Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: December 6, 1911 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Adjutant General Henry P. McLean, with Ward's signed note at bottom. The letter discusses transmitting commission to Major of Coast.

United States War Department
Ward, Philip R., fl. 1911
McLean, Henry P., fl. 1911

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