Autograph letter signed : [Washington, D.C.], to E.B. Washburne, 1868 Feb. 17.

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Autograph letter signed : [Washington, D.C.], to E.B. Washburne, 1868 Feb. 17.

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Introducing him to General Myer and commenting on the appropriation for the Signal Corps.

1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)+ with envelope.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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