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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 to Alfred Terry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03435 Author/Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Place Written: Goldsboro, North Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 15.7 x 12.6 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to General Terry requesting a pass for the daughters of Joseph Lyon of Hampton Virginia, Mrs. Mollie Whiting and Elizabeth Lee, to go to Wilmington and Old Point. Written on stationary marked Head-Quarters Military Division of the Mississippi.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Terry, Alfred Howe, 1827-1890

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