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Clapp, Channing (fl. 1865) [Permission for Elias W. Beach to visit Mount Vernon]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.25.02 Author/Creator: Clapp, Channing (fl. 1865) Place Written: Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 June 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 10.9 x 18.6 cm. Order a Copy

Written from Head Quarters, Engineer Brigade, near Fort Berry. Clapp, assistant adjutant general, gives Beach a one day pass by command of General Henry W. Benham.

Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921
Clapp, Channing, fl. 1865
Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-1884

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