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Risley, Hanson A. (fl. 1864) [Document concerning draftsman and Augustus R. Wright]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02691.11.072 Author/Creator: Risley, Hanson A. (fl. 1864) Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 14 November 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 31.4 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy

"Memorandum of agreement…between H. A. Risley authorized to purchase products [cotton] of insurrectionary States for the United States, I of one part, and Augustus R. Wright, of Rome, in the State of Georgia, of the other part…." Co-signed by Augustus R. Wright.

Risley, Hanson A., fl. 1864
Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891

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