[Letter] 1918 October 1, amp Devens, Massachusetts, Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Private Samuel Shankman. 1918.

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[Letter] 1918 October 1, amp Devens, Massachusetts, Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Private Samuel Shankman. 1918.

Would like to visit him with an officer of the General Staff and asks to alert his friends since they would like to rais money to form a U.S. Military Band; offers to pay his friends just so he can get second lieutenancy.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7552491

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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