Letter to Messrs. Samuel & Allen, 1859, September 7.

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Letter to Messrs. Samuel & Allen, 1859, September 7.

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Letter from Acting Secretary of War William R. Drinkard to Samuel & Allen of St. Louis, Missouri. Drinkard writes of a contract with Russell, Majors, and Waddell for transporting military supplies to Utah during the Utah War.

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