Description:
Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861. Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co., 1861. Octavo, signed by Benjamin B. Murray Jr., Lieutenant Colonel, 15th Maine Infantry, with a badge of the 19th Army Corps pasted on ffep, along with a prescription signed by Dr. John H. Kimball (Assistant Surgeon of the 15th) given to Murray at a Florida hospital in July 1863 for typhoid malarial fever, with a brochure on the 19th annual G.A.R. encampment, 1885 tipped in, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Estimate $200-300
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Keywords
Lippincott & Co., Benjamin B. Murray Jr., John H. Kimball, United States, PhiladelphiaJohn Dorfman
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