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Wool, John E. (1784-1869) [Page from autograph book, with autographs of James E. Wool and J. C. Allen]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03476.16 Author/Creator: Wool, John E. (1784-1869) Place Written: s.l. Type: Signature Date: no date Pagination: 2 p. ; 19.5 x 13. Order a Copy

Page torn from autograph book, with clipped signature of John E. Wool on one side, and clipped signature of J. C. Allen on the other. Both signatures undated, with no basis for dating. J. C. Allen may be James Cameron Allen, a Democratic Congressman from Illinois during the Civil War.

John E. Wool was a Union Major General.

Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869
Allen, J.C., fl. 1860

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