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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02198.41 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Printed document signed Date: 30 July 1903 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21.5 x 26.2 cm. Order a Copy

Warns people not to be fooled by imposters who demand money for their duties with the pension bureau.

Williston, Leander A., b. 1830

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