Letter, 1863 July 13, Philadelphia, Penn., to Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C.

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Letter, 1863 July 13, Philadelphia, Penn., to Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C.

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Recommends George T. Downing for Brigade Quarter Master of Colored Troops. Thinks that "office or no office, equal or unequal pay, bounty or no bounty, the place for colored men is in the army of the United States," but that such an appointment would strengthen the claims of the country upon African-Americans.

1 p. ; 25 x 19 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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