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Smith, Elijah N. (fl. 1849) [Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as corporal of the 4th infantry company]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.386 Author/Creator: Smith, Elijah N. (fl. 1849) Place Written: Rockville, Conneticut Type: Document signed Date: 10 September 1849 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 44 x 35.6 cm. Order a Copy

Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as corporal of the 4th infantry company. Signed by Elijah N. Smith, esquire. Includes printed Conneticut seal. Docket on verso. Printed by the "Press of Elihu Geer" in Hartford, Conneticut.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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