Autograph letter signed : Cumberland, to Governor Fenton of New York, 1865 Sept. 30.

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Autograph letter signed : Cumberland, to Governor Fenton of New York, 1865 Sept. 30.

Recommending Capt. William R. French for Brevet of Lt. Colonel.

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