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NARA 605

116

Lexington Ky
Sept 11th 1874

Hon E. B. French,
Second Auditor,
Washington D.C.

Sir:
I filed my claim for Bounty (under Act March 3, 1873) with S. T. Hayes sub agent of Jno. H. McCutchen of Washington D.C. [[strikethrough]]Since[[/strikethrough]]Sept 27, 1873.
Since then I have not heard from it will you please inform me what is its condition & oblige.

Respectfully
William Gordon his x mark
Co "G" 116th U.S.C.T.

Witnesses
W. R. Ramsey }
Roger D. Williams }

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-07-19 14:41:05 Missing "NARA 605", Fixed spelling mistakes. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-07-19 14:51:41 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-07-19 15:21:52 Jno. H. McCutchen added missing strikethrough put "his X mark" at end of name to improve searchability