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[Materials associated with General Pierre G. T. Beauregard].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08239 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1864 - 1870 Pagination: 6 items Order a Copy

Penciled notes on the verso of an autograph document signed with a secretarial letter written to Jefferson Davis from the Second Battle of Bull Run. With a carte-de-visite of Beauregard and a pair of partly printed checks, dated 1869 and 1870, signed on verso by Confederate legislator William Porcher Miles. Two black and white bust engravings of Beauregard included. 1 engraving ; b&w ; 26.5 x 20.1 cm + 1 engraving ; b&w ; 25.4 x 20.4 cm

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