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Lander, Frederick W., 1821-1862 to John Saunders

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02459.19.01 Author/Creator: Lander, Frederick W., 1821-1862 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 September 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Orders Saunders to report to him regarding a "manifest deriliction of discipline."

Lander, Frederick West, 1821-1862
Saunders, John, fl. 1861

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