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Source Description
This letter transmitted a copy of the contract with William Wilson & Son for manufacture of 2000 Medals of Honor for non-commissioned officers and privates of the Union Army.
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Letter from P. H. Watson, Assistant Secretary of War to James Pollock, Director of the Mint
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Letter from P. H. Watson, Assistant Secretary of War to James Pollock, Director of the Mint
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This letter transmitted a copy of the contract with William Wilson & Son for manufacture of 2000 Medals of Honor for non-commissioned officers and privates of the Union Army.
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Records of the U.S. Mint
Papers and Correspondence
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