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Adams Express Company Forwarding note for Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.369 Author/Creator: Adams Express Company Place Written: Newbern, NC Type: Autograph document Date: 30 April 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.5 x 11.2 cm. Order a Copy

Said to contain 650 dollars.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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