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Title: Z. Matthews' Service Records
Description: Matthews Service Record
Owner: SU Special Collections
Transcription Version: 19
Physical Description: Service Records of Z.W. Matthews include 1846 honorable discharge signed by C. B. Acklen [sic] and Col. John C. Hays; 1849 letter certifying that Matthews served and was honorably discharged, signed by John C. Hays, and 1887 Declaration for Service Pension.
DATES: n.d., 1846, 1849, 1887
Permissions: Images and transcription may be used freely for research and teaching but are not to be re-published in print of electronic format or used commercially without permission.
Location of Composition: A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center, Special Collections, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
Author: Z.W. Matthews
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Transcription Version: 19