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Unknown to Franklin W. Fuller

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.42.60 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Cleveland, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 May 1868 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; 24.8 x 19.9 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that he has found a way to get the two land warrants for Franklin. Asks if he has any reliable information concerning Timothy Johns. Tells him to respond as when he receives the letter.

Franklin W. Fuller from Howard, Illinois enlisted on 14 August 1862 as a Sergeant. He mustered into the I Company of the Illinois 74th Infantry on 4 September 1862. He was mustered out on 10 June 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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