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GETTYSBURG HOSPITALS PAY THEIR GAS BILL

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GETTYSBURG HOSPITALS PAY THEIR GAS BILL
War-date partly-printed D.S., 1p. 4to., [Gettysburg, Pa.], August 30, 1863, enumerating payment due to "The Gettysburg Gas Company", listing, in part: "For gas furnished from 3rd July to 3rd Aug. at Col. comdg. post…3.60. At Capt. Smith's office…4.80. At hospitals in Shead's & Buehler Hall…21.60…use of Borough lamps at Med. Dir…office…24.40. at R. R. office, use of Mil. Telegraph…40.40. [total] $122.20…". Signed and made official by Col. H. Clay Alleman, 36th Penn. Vols. From the personal papers of Surgeon Henry Janes who commanded Camp Letterman, Gettysburg. Fine.