Gaston D. Cobb appointment, 1847 [manuscript].

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Gaston D. Cobb appointment, 1847 [manuscript].

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Appointment, 3 February 1847, of Gaston D. Cobb of Caswell County, N.C., as a surgeon in the United States Army, signed by James K. Polk.

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