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Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865 [Business envelope sent to William Birnie, Esq.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08496.03 Author/Creator: Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865 Place Written: Augusta, Georgia Type: Envelope Date: January 23, 1863 Pagination: 1 envelope Height: 8.4 cm, Width: 15.2 cm Order a Copy

Office envelope of "The Southern Cultivator," sent to William Birnie, Esq. of Greenville Court House, South Carolina. Has 2 cancelled 5-cent stamps of Jefferson Davis. Postmarked 23 January [1863]. Verso of envelope has calculations made in pencil. See GLC08496.04 for the ALS that was sent in this envelope. Year of creation from that letter.

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