Letter / 1871 May 24, Lexington, Va., to John T. Harris.

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Letter / 1871 May 24, Lexington, Va., to John T. Harris.

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Episcopal clergyman, Confederate soldier. Letter to John T. Harris, jurist. U.S. congressman, on behalf of Henry Clay White, of Rockbridge Co., seeking appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

[3] p. on 1 leaf ; 20 x 25 cm.

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