James Jenkins Gillette Papers 1857-1884

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James Jenkins Gillette Papers 1857-1884

U.S. Army officer, U.S. Army commissioner of subsistence, and U.S. commissioner of claims from Mobile, Alabama. Correspondence, military papers, receipts, court records, and a docket book relating to Gillette’s military service and his activities as claims commissioner.

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