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Fenton, Reuben Eaton, 1819-1885 [New York State militia commission for John B. Stonehouse]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00368.02 Author/Creator: Fenton, Reuben Eaton, 1819-1885 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Document signed Date: 13 March 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 30 cm, Width: 43 cm Order a Copy

Commision appointing John B. Stonehouse a colonel in the one hundred eighty-seventh New York State militia. Also signed by Bentley as Act. Asst. Adjutant General.

Fenton, Reuben Eaton, 1819-1885
Stonehouse, John B., 1813-1885

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