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Passport Application for Robert Purvis
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Pasted Fragments of a Letter Mentioning Gen. George McClellan and Movement of Troops
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Patent Drawing for J. H. and A. Hughs' Cow Bell Strap
12/19/1871
Eli Whitney's Request to Renew his Cotton Gin Patent
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Payroll of Slaves Employed at the Confederate States Armory at Macon, Georgia
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Peace Petition to Congress
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