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- GLC#
- GLC09400.126-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 2 March 1880
- Author/Creator
- Shattuck, A.A., fl. 1880
- Title
- to General A. Ames
- Place Written
- West Point, Mississippi
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
This letter to General Ames is asking for a recommendation to the position of Post Master in West Point Mississippi. Shattuck is asking that the general forward the letter and recommendation to Senator Bruce to give the president.
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