Benjamin Franklin Davis papers, 1854 June 16-1897 Aug. 24.

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Benjamin Franklin Davis papers, 1854 June 16-1897 Aug. 24.

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Diploma, 16 June 1854, from United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., illustrated with military insignia, found on battlefield at Gettysburg, Penn., by Lieut. T.J. Hearst of the 2nd S.C. Cavalry. Letter, 24 Aug. 1897, Geo[rge] C. Douglass, USMA Cadet Hospital, West Point, N.Y. to Gen. R[obert] R. Hemphill, Abbeville, S.C., re Davis' military service, to which Hemphill added his remarks on the origins of the document, and his efforts to return the diploma to its owner.

1 diploma : parchment, ill. ; 58 x 49 cm.1 letter ; 28 cm.

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