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Title: To all whom it may concern: know ye, that William Lair
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1863
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a discharge certificate form with an American bald eagle emblem with wings displayed standing on a Union shield with American flags and an olive branch below the title; blank "Oath of Identity" form on verso.
Form is filled in manuscript for William Lair, a private in Company A, 2nd Regiment of Artillery Illinois, who was discharged in Carrollton, Louisiana, on December 31, 1863; signed at bottom by commanding officer, Captain Herman Borries. "[A. G. O. No. 99]"--text, bottom left margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 26.35 x 20.64 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MIL_001223
400048
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1820
Language: English
Subject: Eagles--Pictorial works
Military discharge
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Intaglio prints--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Certificates. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Small Size
American Civil War
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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