Letter, 1865 Feb. 9, Washington, D.C., to R.E. Fenton, [Albany, N.Y.].

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Letter, 1865 Feb. 9, Washington, D.C., to R.E. Fenton, [Albany, N.Y.].

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Requests commission as lieutenant of volunteers for J.J.D. Kingsbury who has failed his examinations at West Point.

[2] p. on 1 leaf. 21 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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