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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) to Governor Bonham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09220 Author/Creator: Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) (1818-1893) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 18 August 1863 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

Forwards clerical copy of Major William Echols's report of 16 April 1863 to Major D.B. Haris, "List of Negroes received month Jul 1863."

From the wartime papers of South Carolina Governors Francis W. Pickens and Milledge L. Bonham.

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