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- GLC#
- GLC02710.46.01
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 3, 1883
- Author/Creator
- Stanley, Lucius T., 1844-1934
- Title
- to John G. Farnsworth
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 27.5 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Requests a copy of his military discharge papers. Explains his enlistment history in the 107th New York Volunteers from 1862-1865. Notes that there were several endorsements on the discharge and asks for a transcript. Written on stationary of the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad. With a partially printed document signed by the Acting Assistant Adjutant General from the New York Adjutant General's Office on the verso dated 6 February 1883. It indicates that this letter was returned with a certificate of service (GLC02710.46.02). Also informs Stanley that the office cannot provide discharge copies. Stamped by the Adjutant General's Office. General John G. Farnsworth was the New York Adjutant General.
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