United States Civil War Soldier Passport 1865

THIS CIVIL WAR SOLDIER’S 1865 PASSPORT WAS ISSUED THE MONTH AFTER LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION, WITH LATER, 1868 PARIS PASSPORT STAMP & SIGNATURE. Civil War Soldier Passport

Large, engraved certificate, measuring c.16.75 x 11.25 inches (folded, with conjugate leaf blank on both sides). With William Hunter, Jr.’s stamp [because Seward was injured during Lincoln’s assassination]. This is Passport No. 20243, for a Mr. John Leeds, who is described as a 60-year-old, blue-eyed, brown-haired, and light-complected. 

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