Mortimer Leggett Collection ca. 1800-1896

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Mortimer Leggett Collection ca. 1800-1896

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Collection of a Civil War Union general, primarily correspondence from Civil War and post-war era. Includes correspondence with Ulysses S. Grant.

0.8 linear feet; (2 document boxes).

eng,

University of California, Santa Barbara. Davidson Library. Department of Special Collections.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6660733

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