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Unknown [Internal revenue license to carry on business of physician for Alfred Jones]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02825.04 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Document Date: 1 May 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.5 x 28.5 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed Internal Revenue License permitting Alfred Jones "to carry on the business of occupation of Physician." Valid for one year. Unsigned.

Alfred Jones was a Surgeon in the Confederate Army.

Jones, Alfred, fl. 1862-1865

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