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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901) [Appointment of John Guyse Sparke as Ensign in the infantry]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.209 Author/Creator: Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901) Place Written: London, England Type: Document signed Date: 26 August 1870 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 29 x 40 cm. Order a Copy

Signed in upper left-hand corner. Co-signed by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell and [illegible] of the War Office. Includes royal seals.

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Cardwell, Edward Cardwell, viscount, 1813-1886
Sparke, John Guyse, fl. 1870

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