Department Of Virginia North Carolina Newbern N C February 18th 1864 Wm Higby Has Taken And

by Loyalty Oath A Manuscript Document Permit To Travel 1864 Executed February 18th Signed W C Hunt Lt

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Verso, in manuscript and unsigned, reads: “This is to certify that Mr. W. S. Benjamin of Newbern N. C. / is a Loyal Citizen and is visiting New York / on business. The Provost Marshals of New York & Fortress / Monroe will please furnish him with proper permits to /return.” Benjamin was the author of The Great Epidemic in New Berne, published in New Berne in 1865 and a rare book OCLC locates 11 copies . Old fold lines, but very good. Item #68472

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