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Shoemaker, Robert, fl. 1864 [Printed circular from the Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04643.02 Author/Creator: Shoemaker, Robert, fl. 1864 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Printed document Date: 22 April 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; 24.7 x 19.2 cm. Order a Copy

Distributed by the Committee on Drugs, Chemicals, Dry Salteries, and Paints, a division of the Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue. The Committee on Drugs requests that druggists, chemists, dry salters, and paint manufacturers donate one day's labor, income, or revenue for benefit of the Great Central Fair. Created by Shoemaker as Chairman of the Committee on Drugs, and by H. B. Rosengarten as Secretary. Lists other committee members. Accompanied by an illustrated Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope addressed to A. J. Everhart. Possibly transmitted in the same envelope as GLC04643.01.

Rosengarten, H. B., fl. 1864
Shoemaker, Robert, fl. 1864

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