ALS, 1861 August 22 : New York, to Senator William Pitt Fessenden, Portland, Maine.

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ALS, 1861 August 22 : New York, to Senator William Pitt Fessenden, Portland, Maine.

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"I am desiring of enlisting 1000 to 1300 men (Seamen) as Marine Artillerists for Fremont, to man his Flotilla to go down the Mississippi." Signed W.A. Howard.

2 p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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