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Sexton, J.A., fl. 1865 [Travel pass]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04522.03 Author/Creator: Sexton, J.A., fl. 1865 Place Written: Montgomery, Alabama Type: Printed document signed Date: 1865/05/22 Pagination: 2p. ; 11 x 18 cm. Order a Copy

Pass No. 1470, allowing the paroled prisoner, Edwin Ivy, to return home to New Orleans with one horse and two servants, signed by Assistant Provost Marshal Captain J.A. Sexton. Partially-printed note of same date on verso, also signed by Sexton, indicates that the Quartermaster's Department will provide all necessary transportation for Ivy.

Sexton, J.A., fl. 1865

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