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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 to Edward Manigault

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04461.02 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 14, 1861 Pagination: 2 p. : docket : Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

The letter discusses sending ammunition & weapons to Morris & Sullivan Islands.

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Manigault, Edward, 1817-1874

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