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Singerman ID#supp1716

Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to A resolution of the House of the 5th instant, transmitting all the papers and testimony relating to the claim of Philip Epstein and others. December 14, 1865. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.

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Singerman ID#supp1716

United States. Secretary of War (Edwin M. Stanton). Philip Epstein and others. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to A resolution of the House of the 5th instant, transmitting all the papers and testimony relating to the claim of Philip Epstein and others. December 14, 1865. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. [Washington, 1865]. 51 p.

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Epstein was captured, together with others, as they tried to enter Union lines on the schooner "Thomas F. Dawson," and all of their property was seized. Major General Benjamin T. Butler’s deposition refers to the group as "foreign Jews," "five Jews," or "these Jews." At head of title: 39th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 9. Running title: Philip Epstein and others.