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Large group of 1860's - 1900s letters & documents: Two

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Large group of 1860's - 1900s letters & documents: Two

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Large group of 1860's - 1900s letters & documents: Two 1889 Civil War Pension letters and covers: large group of 1903 letters and covers from Dr. Grace Flanders Wilson, female doctor. Also includes a disbound copy of the Senate Reports from the 40th U.S. congress, 1869, regarding the Pacific R.R. companies prior to the completion of the first transcontinental railroad; Broadside for Rev. Henry Morgan Lectures, Ca 1870's; Brazil Bank 1872 check; 1878 bill of sale for a thoroughbred Bay Filly "Delusion," Nashville, Tenn; 1898 letter and application with cover to sell W.W. Gavitts Medicines; 1891 sales stock sellers brochures and covers; 1881 Letter from "The American Sentry" money for American with loss and grief, receipt 1885 Boston Barre & Gardner R. R. Co; 1893 order form for Patent Medicines;1896 Maine Chautauqua information booklet; 1899 Charles Mayer & Co receipt, and more. 9"H x 5 1/2"W (broadside)

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Large group of 1860's - 1900s letters & documents: Two

Name: Large group of 1860's - 1900s letters & documents: Two
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