Letter: New York, [N.Y.], to W[illiam] P[itt] Fessenden, 1864 Oct. 3.

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Letter: New York, [N.Y.], to W[illiam] P[itt] Fessenden, 1864 Oct. 3.

Concerns U.S. Treasury printing of notes for paying Army troops.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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