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Confederate States of America. Congress (House bill, no. 120.) . . . A bill to be entitled An act to compensate Charles E Stuart, Israel C. Owings and J. H. Taylor for the use of an improvement in instruments for sighting cannon.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06745.095 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Printed document Date: 26 May 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 14.3 cm, Width: 22 cm Order a Copy

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Johnson, Homer Uri, fl. 1896

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