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[hospital record]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02750.160 Author/Creator: Place Written: Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island Type: Printed document signed Date: 14 July 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

A surgeon informs the Commander of the Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers that John Branigan was sent to convalescent barracks

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1828-1901

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