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56th Pennsylvania volunteers [Contracting the raising of a monument]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09180.04 Author/Creator: 56th Pennsylvania volunteers Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: circa 1895-1910 Pagination: Order a Copy

Contracting the Bureau Brothers to erect a bronze monument, with a scale architectural rendering.

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