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Tolman, Benjamin (fl.1863) By Order of Abraham Lincoln... A draft [Dedham, Mass.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04531 Author/Creator: Tolman, Benjamin (fl.1863) Place Written: Concord, Mass Type: Broadside Date: 13 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 60.7 x 43.7 cm Order a Copy

Broadside announcing the institution of a draft in Dedham, Massachusetts, signed at the court house in Concord, Mass. by members of the Board of Enrolment: S. Benton Thompson, Addison G. Fay, and David S. Fogg. Insertions made in black crayon. Printed by Benjamin Tolman in Concord, Mass.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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