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Letter from James Pollock, Director of the Mint to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy

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This letter submitted two designs for the Medal of Honor, including a "star of the Union" design.

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17. 1862
Air.
13th.
1 duly peanied your letter of the
Inferring that it is Mour desire to
have a medicine meignia a mark of homest
loke have the coultbout of the Rappics
I have cansed two designs to before for the
SamDialse. a desyn on the shape of acrop.ace
of which and handmire hereinth. of there designs,
2 porter the 2. which might be Caran
ofth Unint The must the work w
of Caw beaut atth mins the Remain
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or costoffundaring there testimoures
Aknow. 2 wones suggest that they be
made of foeds afnot less than 950 thousandth,
fine

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