Autograph letter signed : Vicksburg, to W.L. Sharkey, 1866 Mar. 6.

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Autograph letter signed : Vicksburg, to W.L. Sharkey, 1866 Mar. 6.

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Asking him for support in obtaining the post of United States Marshal in Mississippi.

1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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