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[Parole bond for A. S. Jones]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01441 Author/Creator: Place Written: Appomattox, Virginia Type: Document signed Date: 10 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 8 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Partly printed document. Parole bond for A. S. Jones, "a Paroled Prisoner of the Army of Northern Virginia, has permission to go to his home, and there remain undisturbed." Signer's name is illegible.

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