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Unknown scratch paper

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.310 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 19 June 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 11 x 13.5 Order a Copy

The word "orders" and "by command" stand out

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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